Revision as of 19:27, 29 July 2014

Template:mIRC menu The /setlayer command can be used to change the transparency of a given window. If no window is provided, the transparency setting will apply to the main MDI window. The setlayer works on all windows as long as the full name is provided, for example "Status Window" for the status window.

Transparency

Transparency can be between 0 and 255, where 0 = 100% transparency.

Synopsis

/setlayer <0-255> [@window / #channel / query / windowName]

Switches

None

Parameters

• <0-255> - alpha channel value
• [@window / #channel / query / windowName] - The window to apply the transparency to

Example

Alias Example {
  ; create a new desktop window (with an editbox)
  window -de @Example
  ; set @example to 204/255 (%20) transparency
  setlayer 204 @Example
  ; a friendly message
  echo @Example 20% Transparency!
}

You can change the transparency of other windows as well:

; sets the dcc chat window with David to 75% Transparency. (The quotes are not required.)
setlayer 191 "Chat David"

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v6.3
Added on: 16 Aug 2007
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• /window