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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/C/gdm.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/C/gdm.xml b/docs/C/gdm.xml index 2d67f592..f7d94d8b 100644 --- a/docs/C/gdm.xml +++ b/docs/C/gdm.xml @@ -6518,8 +6518,23 @@ homogeneous="bool"> </variablelist> <para> - Item nodes can have a "background" property, set to "true" - or "false" (not setting this property is equivalent to "false"), as follow : + By default, the GDM login screen will disappear after authentication. + This can result in flicker between the login screen and the session. + The "background" property allows users to specify what + elements of the theme are the background image. When used, this + will cause GDM to remove all non-background items from the display + and render the remaining "background" items to the root + window. This can be used to create a smooth transition between the + login screen and the session. For example, if the GDM theme and the + session use the same background, then this will make the background + apear seamless. + </para> + + <para> + Item nodes may specify a "background" property which can be + set to "true" or "false" (not setting this + property is equivalent to "false"), as follows: + </para> <screen> <item type="rect" background="true"> @@ -6528,11 +6543,10 @@ homogeneous="bool"> </item> </screen> - When this property is set on item nodes, background is applied to root window when greeter - exits after login, reducing screen flickering during login process. If no item node have "background" - property set, background is not modified when greeter exits. + <para> + If no item node has "background" property set, then the + background is not modified when greeter exits. </para> - </sect3> <sect3 id="positionnodes"> |