From cbbb7604b6e0d66cb5b8b51d4ca28d56f412452d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Otte <otte@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:26:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] x11: Set background as transparent as possible

Instead of making the background black, make it transparent black for
RGBA visuals and set a None background otherwise.
---
 gdk/x11/gdksurface-x11.c | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdksurface-x11.c b/gdk/x11/gdksurface-x11.c
index 96eba37274..a833b7ccd5 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdksurface-x11.c
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdksurface-x11.c
@@ -885,10 +885,19 @@ _gdk_x11_display_create_surface_impl (GdkDisplay    *display,
     {
       class = InputOutput;
 
-      xattributes.background_pixel = BlackPixel (xdisplay, x11_screen->screen_num);
+      if (gdk_display_is_rgba (display))
+        {
+          xattributes.background_pixel = 0;
+          xattributes_mask |= CWBackPixel;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          xattributes.background_pixmap = None;
+          xattributes_mask |= CWBackPixmap;
+        }
 
       xattributes.border_pixel = BlackPixel (xdisplay, x11_screen->screen_num);
-      xattributes_mask |= CWBorderPixel | CWBackPixel;
+      xattributes_mask |= CWBorderPixel;
 
       xattributes.bit_gravity = NorthWestGravity;
       xattributes_mask |= CWBitGravity;
-- 
2.30.2