# Problem with opaque rootContainer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788 "2016-06-08T08:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Esn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788/1 "2016-06-08T08:33:17Z")

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Hi,

When I check opaque off for a rootContainer the background remains visible.

Is this a feature for the rootContainer or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/P11)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788/2 "2016-08-16T08:36:38Z")

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Try to change background colour, not the opaque property.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788/3 "2016-08-20T21:00:44Z")

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Yes, part of the background color is opacity so try changing that.

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**Author:** ![bill.diblasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@bill.diblasi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bill.diblasi)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788/4 "2018-06-01T19:13:20Z")

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Hi, was this solved? I’ve seen in [other posts](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modal-windows/651/3?u=bill.diblasi) that setting Opaque to 0 should make a pop-up transparent, so I’m not sure yet what I’m doing wrong.

I have a pop-up with Layer 5 over a main window with Layer 0, the pop-up Root Container has Opaque set to False, and the Background Color alpha value is zero. When I launch the application, the pop-up is showing a default gray color for the window itself. In Designer, when I use the color wheel to adjust transparency of the Root Container Background Color, I can see this gray default background through the transparent color.

Ultimately I would like to create a pop-up with a translucent background, but I wanted to start by understanding transparency.

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**Author:** ![bfuson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bfuson/32/4597_2.png) [@bfuson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfuson)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opaque-rootcontainer/11788/5 "2018-06-01T19:25:25Z")

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After you’ve set the Background Color alpha to 0, put this code in the internalFrameActivated event script:

```auto
window = event.source
window.setOpaque(0)

```