# Showing containers only in designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-containers-only-in-designer/1883>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-containers-only-in-designer/1883 "2010-06-02T10:14:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NorthPoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e4f/32.png) [@NorthPoint](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NorthPoint)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-containers-only-in-designer/1883/1 "2010-06-02T10:14:41Z")

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Anyone have any nice way to have containers visible in designer only, and not opaque when in runtime? Thanks…

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-containers-only-in-designer/1883/2 "2010-06-02T19:07:32Z")

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Use system.util.DESIGNER\_FLAG and system.util.PREVIEW\_FLAG

`if system.util.DESIGNER_FLAG and not system.util.PREVIEW_FLAG:
    opacity = false
else:
    opacity = true`

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**Author:** ![NorthPoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e4f/32.png) [@NorthPoint](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NorthPoint)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-containers-only-in-designer/1883/3 "2010-06-02T19:29:09Z")

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Thank you, got me on the right track there.