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Apply ghostty transparency changes without restart using osascript split trick #49

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Drop reload attempt; all transparency settings require restart on macOS
claude Jun 10, 2026
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Use osascript split trick to apply transparency changes without restart
claude Jun 10, 2026
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Add emoji to ghostty-transparency echo output
claude Jun 10, 2026
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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions shell.d/alias.Darwin
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Expand Up @@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ ghostty-transparency() {
fi

sed -i '' "s/^background-blur = .*/background-blur = ${new_blur}/" "$config"
echo "Ghostty: background-blur set to ${new_blur}"
echo "🔲 Ghostty: background-blur set to ${new_blur}"

ghostty +reload-config 2>/dev/null && echo "Config reloaded. ✅" || echo "⚠️ Reload manually with ctrl+shift+, "
# Transparency changes apply on reload only when a split is open (ghostty#3109).
# Open a temporary split, reload config, then close it.
if osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Ghostty" to keystroke "d" using command down' 2>/dev/null; then
sleep 0.4
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Ghostty" to keystroke "," using {command down, shift down}' 2>/dev/null
sleep 0.2
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Ghostty" to keystroke "w" using command down' 2>/dev/null
echo "✅ Config reloaded."
else
echo "⚠️ Grant Accessibility access, or: open a split (cmd+d), reload (cmd+shift+,), close split (cmd+w)."
fi
}
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