Window.AllowsTransparency Property (System.Windows)

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Window.AllowsTransparency Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a window's client area supports transparency.

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property AllowsTransparency As Boolean
	Get
	Set
C#
public bool AllowsTransparency { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property bool AllowsTransparency {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}
F#
member AllowsTransparency : bool with get, set

XAML Attribute Usage
<object AllowsTransparency="bool" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the window supports transparency; otherwise, false.
Dependency Property Information

Identifier field

AllowsTransparencyProperty

Metadata properties set to true

None

Exceptions

Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

AllowsTransparency is changed after a window has been shown.

InvalidOperationException

A window that has a WindowStyle value of anything other than None.

Remarks

When the Background property of a window is set to a transparent color, using Transparent for example, the window remains opaque. This means that the desktop and any running applications "beneath" the window cannot be seen. To enable this type of transparency, AllowsTransparency must be set to true.

AllowsTransparency exists to facilitate the creation of non-rectangular windows, and, consequently, when AllowsTransparency is set to true, a window's WindowStyle property must be set to None.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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AllowsTransparency = true disables HW acceleration in WPF. It impacts rendering performance.