Transparency

Hi,
Is there a way to change the transparency of the backround only? I see there is an option that changes opacity but it changes opacity of the text as well.
Thank you.

No , you cannot set background alone to a transparency different than the sticky window.There is a way of setting the edit control totally transparent like in the image but it does not work for every skin ( unless you change the region parameter using skinner ) and you have to disable the font enhancement settings of the operating system which will influence all other programs ( You will get ugly rendering   )

Ah, OK. Thanks for clarifying. I thought maybe there was some option somewhere that I was missing...
Another question: is there a way to hide the titlebar completely? So that the only thing visible would be the sticky itself without any space above. I tried to use skinner but it seems to leave the empty space where the titlebar was.

Yes you can remove titlebar or hide it by making it the same color as the edit control . But if you remove a titlebar you cannot move the sticky the normal way by clicking on the titlebar and dragging it !

Tom Revell made one  named " zero " you can try it .:

 https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/skins.pl?a=show&s=zero

Which skin do you want to change ? 

In skinner the titlebar is in the layout dialog.

Thank you for the link! That's what I wanted. But now I'm unable to move it with the middle mouse button (pressing the wheel button) to move it around per instructions.

The notes on the zero page implies Mbutton only works for image stickies .

The easiest way to solve it is to create a small titlebar it also allows you to access the rightclick menu .




The other solution is to use alt-drag linux stile windows moves . You can write a script if you are familiar with coding or download it from autohotkey examples .

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/EasyWindowDrag_(KDE).htm

There is also a program but you better check it with virustotal before using it ( i used it some years ago before i wrote one myself )

https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/


Small AHK script that enables Mbutton to move an active sticky.

Code:

coordmode ,mouse

#ifwinactive ASticky
MButton::
MouseGetPos,Xm,Ym,IDwin
WinGetPos,WinXm,WinYm,WinW,WinH,ahk_id %IDwin%
Loop
{
    GetKeyState,Lmouse,MButton,P
    If Lmouse = U
        break
    MouseGetPos,XMnew,YMnew
    XMnew -= Xm
    YMnew -= Ym
    WinGotoX:=(WinXm + XMnew)
    WinGotoY:= (WinYm + YMnew)
 
    WinMove,ahk_id %IDwin%,,%WinGotoX%,%WinGotoY%
}
return
#if

I went with your first suggestion and created a small invisible titlebar which is exactly what I wanted. Many thanks for your explanation!