Transparent Start Menu Question

Start menu transparency with Windows transparency disabled

from Stardock Forums

Just a question out of curiosity.

With the Windows transparency effects disabled in Windows 11, Start11v2 is able to make the taskbar transparent even when not using the Enhanced taskbar feature, however, the start menu background cannot be made transparent.

Is it possible for Startdock to provide this capability, or does Windows somehow prevent Start11v2 from making the Start11 menu transparent?

Windows 11 Pro - 22635.4515; Start11v2 - 2.1.1.0; I am using the Windows 10 style menu.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

If you disable windows transparency effects then all blur will be set to solid in the OS.

The taskbar will drop to non blur mode, but this would be a very bad idea for a menu which appears over other content containing text.  Would often be unusable.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 1

If you disable windows transparency effects then all blur will be set to solid in the OS.

The taskbar will drop to non blur mode, but this would be a very bad idea for a menu which appears over other content containing text.  Would often be unusable.
End of Neil's quote

It seems like, if you were able to adjust the transparency like the taskbar, say 75-80%, it would provide enough blur and be usable.

Also, with my menu style, all the Tab Groups are solid, so it wouldn't really matter.

If this feature is something you have chosen not to provide, based on your reply, I can respect that.

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