From 8019fe8cc1940362b631cefeddbdd50026756cb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Perez <60866122+tper0700@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 02:31:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use transparent backgrounds for show-apps-icon

---
 appIcons.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/appIcons.js b/appIcons.js
index 3347de4..bf8b0ea 100644
--- a/appIcons.js
+++ b/appIcons.js
@@ -1622,12 +1622,17 @@ var ShowAppsIconWrapper = Utils.defineClass({
 
         let customIconPath = Me.settings.get_string('show-apps-icon-file');
 
+        this.actor.set_style("background-color: transparent;");
+        this.realShowAppsIcon.icon.set_style("background-color: transparent;");
+
         this.realShowAppsIcon.icon.createIcon = function(size) {
             this._iconActor = new St.Icon({ icon_name: 'view' + (Config.PACKAGE_VERSION < '3.20' ? '' : '-app') + '-grid-symbolic',
                                             icon_size: size,
                                             style_class: 'show-apps-icon',
                                             track_hover: true });
 
+            this._iconActor.set_style("background-color: transparent;");
+
             if (customIconPath) {
                 this._iconActor.gicon = new Gio.FileIcon({ file: Gio.File.new_for_path(customIconPath) });
             }