# Background visible through webpage

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [August 15, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862 "2012-08-15T14:25:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![agallagher](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@agallagher](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/agallagher)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862/1 "2012-08-15T14:25:24Z")

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Hi

Can this be done in freeway ie. I can see the background through the webpage and it appears to scroll over it with a slight transparency.

Cheers

Anthony

[http://www.bespokehotels.com/thepark/pages/weddings](http://www.bespokehotels.com/thepark/pages/weddings)

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**Author:** ![waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/waltd/32/2720_2.png) [@waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/waltd)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862/2 "2012-08-15T14:30:59Z")

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Sure. Click once on the element you want to have partial transparency, click to the Style tab (second from left) in the Inspector, and set the main Background picker to Transparent. Then click on the Graphic Background segment title and click on the first square (solid background). Set this to a color, and then set the transparency slider below the color picker to a value. Experiment with these settings until you see what you want.

Walter

On Aug 15, 2012, at 10:25 AM, agallagher wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Can this be done in freeway ie. I can see the background through the webpage and it appears to scroll over it with a slight transparency.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Anthony
> 
> [http://www.bespokehotels.com/thepark/pages/weddings](http://www.bespokehotels.com/thepark/pages/weddings)
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862/3 "2012-08-15T14:48:21Z")

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Thanks Walter, I can get that to work on graphic items but not a html box, am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/waltd/32/2720_2.png) [@waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/waltd)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862/4 "2012-08-15T14:58:56Z")

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It’s all in the wrist!

![screenshot](https://discourse.softpress.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d87edf10fecacb96a274eb55b79dfb903fa41d36.jpeg)

Download the sample file here: [http://scripty.walterdavisstudio.com/transparent/transparent.freeway.zip](http://scripty.walterdavisstudio.com/transparent/transparent.freeway.zip)

The key is to set the background color on your HTML object to None, then apply a Graphic Effects / Background to it. That gets you the option to set transparency on the background image on the box. This is all a whole lot better in CSS3, with rgba backgrounds, but until IE \< 9 is a ghost, this is the way to go.

Walter

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> Thanks Walter, I can get that to work on graphic items but not a html box, am I missing something?
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862/5 "2012-08-15T18:33:56Z")

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Thanks Walt. I’m so busy trying to apply new technology, it’s nice to learn  
some old tricks as well.

–  
Ernie Simpson

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Walter Lee Davis [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden)wrote:

> It’s all in the wrist!
> 
> ![screenshot](https://discourse.softpress.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d87edf10fecacb96a274eb55b79dfb903fa41d36.jpeg)
> 
> Download the sample file here:  
> [http://scripty.walterdavisstudio.com/transparent/transparent.freeway.zip](http://scripty.walterdavisstudio.com/transparent/transparent.freeway.zip)
> 
> The key is to set the background color on your HTML object to None, then  
> apply a Graphic Effects / Background to it. That gets you the option to set  
> transparency on the background image on the box. This is all a whole lot  
> better in CSS3, with rgba backgrounds, but until IE \< 9 is a ghost, this is  
> the way to go.
> 
> Walter
> 
> On Aug 15, 2012, at 10:48 AM, agallagher wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Walter, I can get that to work on graphic items but not a html  
> > box, am I missing something?
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/background-visible-through-webpage/14862/6 "2012-08-16T07:05:31Z")

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Hi Walter

Got it!

Thanks again Walter.

Anthony

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