PySimpleGUI/DemoPrograms/Demo_Notification_Window_Alpha_Channel.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import time

# Demonstrates a notification window that's partially transparent
# The window slowly fades-in
# Includes a small red-X button to close the window
# Base 64 encoded button is in-lined to avoid reading a file
# Free online encoder - https://www.base64-image.de/
red_x = "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"

sg.theme('Topanga')
sg.set_options(border_width=0, margins=(0, 0))

layout = [[sg.Text('Notification'+' '*14),
           sg.CButton('',
                          image_data=red_x,
                          button_color=('#282923', '#282923'))],
          [sg.Text('You have 6 new emails')], ]

window = sg.Window('', layout,
                   no_titlebar=True,
                   grab_anywhere=True,
                   keep_on_top=True,
                   alpha_channel=0,
                   finalize=True)

# Classy fade-in
for i in range(1, 75, 2):
    window.AlphaChannel = float(i)/100
    time.sleep(.01)

event, values = window.read()

window.close()