home/.config/compton.conf

## BACKEND

backend = "glx";
glx-no-stencil = true;
glx-copy-from-front = false;

# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage.
# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes, but is known to break things on some drivers (LLVMpipe).
# Recommended if it works.
glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true;

# GLX backend: GLX buffer swap method we assume.
# Could be undefined (0), copy (1), exchange (2), 3-6, or buffer-age (-1).
# undefined is the slowest and the safest, and the default value.
# copy is fastest, but may fail on some drivers,
# 2-6 are gradually slower but safer (6 is still faster than 0).
# Usually, double buffer means 2, triple buffer means 3.
# buffer-age means auto-detect using GLX_EXT_buffer_age, supported by some drivers.
# Useless with --glx-use-copysubbuffermesa.
# Partially breaks --resize-damage.
# Defaults to undefined.
glx-swap-method = "undefined";

## SHADOWS

shadow = true;
no-dnd-shadow = true;
no-dock-shadow = false;
# Zero the part of the shadow's mask behind the window. Fix some weirdness with ARGB windows.
clear-shadow = false;
shadow-radius = 6;
shadow-offset-x = -9;
shadow-offset-y = -8;
shadow-opacity = 0.5;
# shadow-red = 0.0;
# shadow-green = 0.0;
# shadow-blue = 0.0;
shadow-ignore-shaped = false;

shadow-exclude = [
    "name = 'oneko'",
    "name = 'Notification'",
    "name = 'xfce4-notifyd'",
    "name *= 'VLC'",
    "name *= 'compton'",
    "name *= 'Chromium'",
    "name *= 'Chrome'",
    "name *= 'Conky'",
    "name *= 'Polybar tray window'",
    "class_g = 'Conky'",
    "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
    "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'",
    "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'",
    "class_g ?= 'Wine'",
    "window_type = 'dock'",
    "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c"
];

## OPACITY

menu-opacity = 1;
inactive-opacity = 1;
active-opacity = 1;
frame-opacity = 1;
inactive-opacity-override = false;
alpha-step = 0.06;
blur-background = false;
blur-kern = "7x7box";
# Blur background of opaque windows with transparent frames as well.
blur-background-frame = false;
# Do not let blur radius adjust based on window opacity.
blur-background-fixed = true;
blur-background-exclude = [
    "! class_g = 'Conky'",
    "class_g ?= 'xfdesktop'",
    "window_type = 'dock'",
    "class_g ?= 'Wine'"
];

## FADING

fading = true;
# The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 10).
fade-delta = 5;
# Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.028).
fade-in-step = 0.07;
# Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03).
fade-out-step = 0.07;
# Fade windows in/out when opening/closing
# no-fading-openclose = true;

fade-exclude = [ ];

## OTHER

# Try to detect WM windows and mark them as active.
mark-wmwin-focused = true;
# Mark all non-WM but override-redirect windows active (e.g. menus).
mark-ovredir-focused = true;
use-ewmh-active-win = true;
detect-rounded-corners = true;
detect-client-opacity = true;
refresh-rate = 144;
vsync = "opengl-swc";
# Enable DBE painting mode, intended to use with VSync to (hopefully) eliminate tearing.
# Reported to have no effect, though.
dbe = false;
# Painting on X Composite overlay window. Recommended.
paint-on-overlay = true;
# Limit compton to repaint at most once every 1 / refresh_rate second to boost performance.
# This should not be used with --vsync drm/opengl/opengl-oml as they essentially does --sw-opti's job already
sw-opti = true;
# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected, to maximize performance for full-screen windows, like games.
# Known to cause flickering when redirecting/unredirecting windows.
# paint-on-overlay may make the flickering less obvious.
unredir-if-possible = true;

# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should always be considered focused.
focus-exclude = [ ];

detect-transient = true;
detect-client-leader = true;

## WINDOW TYPE SETTINGS

wintypes:
{
    tooltip =
    {
        # fade: Fade the particular type of windows.
        fade = true;
        # shadow: Give those windows shadow
        shadow = true;
        # opacity: Default opacity for the type of windows.
        opacity = 0.85;
        # focus: Whether to always consider windows of this type focused.
        focus = true;
    };
};