# Rectangle Not Transparent?

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/rectangle-not-transparent/57242>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/rectangle-not-transparent/57242 "2020-09-21T07:33:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ulrich\_Bogun](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/ulrich_bogun/32/1864_2.png) [@Ulrich\_Bogun](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Ulrich_Bogun)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/rectangle-not-transparent/57242/6 "2020-09-21T10:35:05Z")

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I guess that’s because you’re on Windows. Xojo uses a pseudo transparency only there, so even if you would see the background, it would only be the background color and not the dynamic content.  
See [canvas transparency - again](https://forum.xojo.com/t/canvas-transparency-again/50527/2)

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