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I found what I was looking for now I have to figure out how to
do this in iced.

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The above example is using glutin and not iced

glutin
A low-level library for OpenGL context creation, written in pure Rust.

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There is a window setting that is supposed to do this, but I haven’t been able to get it working. Here it is in the docs: iced::window::Settings

Here is how to change it from false to true:

use iced::window;
use iced::window::{Level, Position};
use iced::{Element, Sandbox, Settings};

struct Hello;

impl Sandbox for Hello {
    type Message = ();

    fn new() -> Hello {
        Hello
    }

    fn title(&self) -> String {
        String::from("A cool application")
    }

    fn update(&mut self, _message: Self::Message) {
        // This application has no interactions
    }

    fn view(&self) -> Element<Self::Message> {
        "Hello, world!".into()
    }
} 

pub fn main() -> iced::Result {
    Hello::run(Settings {
        window: window::Settings {
            transparent: true, // I didn't see any difference.
            
            ..window::Settings::default() // Window specific settings. 
        },
        ..Settings::default() // This deals with the global settings.
    })
}

The snippet you want is in main() and the call to run().

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Yes, this exact example that got me boxed into a corner with re-implementing the Sandbox and Application Traits to use the the glutin, wgpu, and iced-winit’s “WindowBuilder,” I also went down the trail of banging my head on Theme’s and Style’s in this process.

If I just used iced-winit I would be good but then I’m no longer really using Iced (and all of it’s features). iced-winit, does support the transparency feature but, I have to manage the state in the eventloop manually…

transparent: true

Right now I see the transparency feature is having problems everywhere not just in Iced. This is more of a one-off feature in Iced rather like the tree in the forest type problem I’m experiencing, obviously.

I’m also dabbling in micro-controllers and their are custom solutions to get something working “now.” But, the more you chase those “now” features, like I am, the more you leave the ecosystem of the project.

It is really just amazing how advanced Rust has got in such a short span!

I’m fine with waiting a year or so while these giants make mountains.