# Color transparency (rgba) in rapidweaver

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/color-transparency-rgba-in-rapidweaver/15726>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [August 14, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/color-transparency-rgba-in-rapidweaver/15726 "2017-08-14T10:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@ruby](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ruby)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/color-transparency-rgba-in-rapidweaver/15726/1 "2017-08-14T10:04:00Z")

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I have trouble and am confused about the implementation of rgba in rw. is there any documentation about it? should it be there (color picker) and should it work? it does not seem to be implemented at all? or does ist depend on stacks being used? i also saw that i could not use settings other than 0 or 1 for the transparency. thanks for your help! ps: rw 7.4.1

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/color-transparency-rgba-in-rapidweaver/15726/2 "2017-08-14T11:35:09Z")

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> [@ruby](#):
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> or does ist depend on stacks being used?

Regarding stacks: exactly, the stack developer has to enable the color picker for each configuration element to be transparency enabled or not.

Themes: Afaik, also there are transparency colors available, but I don’t know exactly if the color picker for theme colors displays that automatically.

If enabled, you have a 0-100% slider inside the color picker to define the transparency.

Cheers, Jannis  
_[inStacks Software](https://instacks.com)_

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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/color-transparency-rgba-in-rapidweaver/15726/3 "2017-08-14T13:15:50Z")

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Just like Jannis said. Here is a screenshot that illustrates it:

 ![colorPicker](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/e/ef057377281d10606dd485a3437d69e2c4307cce.png)

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**Author:** ![ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@ruby](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ruby)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/color-transparency-rgba-in-rapidweaver/15726/4 "2017-08-14T15:05:28Z")

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@instacks @Rovertek thanks a lot for your responses! that helps a lot and explains my confusion 😉 so rw does support it (the manual does not mention it…) but the theme or stacks also have to support it. thanks again for your help! ruby