diff -uNar clearlooks.cvs/src/clearlooks_draw.c clearlooks/src/clearlooks_draw.c
--- clearlooks.cvs/src/clearlooks_draw.c	2005-11-26 18:30:52.000000000 +0100
+++ clearlooks/src/clearlooks_draw.c	2005-12-08 23:24:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -495,6 +495,30 @@
 	cairo_stroke (cr);
 }
 
+static void
+clearlooks_scale_draw_gradient_alpha (cairo_t *cr,
+                                const CairoColor *c1,
+                                const CairoColor *c2,
+                                const CairoColor *c3,
+                                int x, int y, int width, int height,
+                                boolean horizontal, const double alpha)
+{
+	cairo_pattern_t *pattern;
+
+	pattern = cairo_pattern_create_linear (0, 0, horizontal ? 0 :  width, horizontal ? height : 0);
+	cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba (pattern, 0.0, c1->r, c1->g, c1->b, alpha);
+	cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba (pattern, 1.0, c2->r, c2->g, c2->b, alpha);
+
+	cairo_rectangle (cr, x+0.5, y+0.5, width-1, height-1);	
+	cairo_set_source (cr, pattern);
+	cairo_fill (cr);
+	cairo_pattern_destroy (pattern);
+	
+	cairo_rectangle (cr, x, y, width, height);	
+	cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, c3->r, c3->g, c3->b);
+	cairo_stroke (cr);
+}
+
 #define TROUGH_SIZE 6
 void
 clearlooks_draw_scale_trough (cairo_t *cr,
@@ -505,7 +529,7 @@
 {
 	int     fill_x, fill_y, fill_width, fill_height; /* Fill x,y,w,h */
 	int     trough_width, trough_height;
-	double  translate_x, translate_y;
+	double  translate_x, translate_y, tran;
 	int     fill_size = slider->fill_size;
 
 	if (slider->horizontal)
@@ -553,11 +577,17 @@
 	                                    0, 0, trough_width, trough_height,
 	                                    slider->horizontal);
 	
-	clearlooks_scale_draw_gradient (cr, &colors->spot[1], /* top    */
-	                                    &colors->spot[0], /* bottom */
-	                                    &colors->spot[2], /* border */
-	                                    fill_x, fill_y, fill_width, fill_height,
-	                                    slider->horizontal);
+	//calculate transparency
+	if (slider->horizontal)
+		tran = 0.5 + (float)fill_width/(width*2);
+	else
+		tran = 0.5 + (float)fill_height/(height*2);
+	printf("Trans %f\n",tran);
+	clearlooks_scale_draw_gradient_alpha (cr, &colors->spot[1], /* top    */
+                                    &colors->spot[0], /* bottom */
+                                    &colors->spot[2], /* border */
+                                    fill_x, fill_y, fill_width, fill_height,
+                                    slider->horizontal, tran);
 }
 
 void