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macOS ignores window Opacity, alpha frost, and Mask transparency
- Status
- Fixed
- Fixed in
- v26.10.3
- Area
- desktop
- Source discussion
- https://forum.objo.dev/d/1329-example-window-transparency-bug
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20
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Public summary
On macOS, the window transparency features do not work:
- Setting
Window.Opacitybelow 1.0 does not fade the window. - Setting a semi-transparent
Window.BackgroundColour(alpha below 255) does not show the desktop behind the window. - Assigning
Window.Maskdoes not shape the window; a masked window stays a plain rectangle.
A window can also end up in a partially applied state, for example half transparent with opaque white patches, after controls on the window fire events.
Expected behaviour: fading, see-through, and masked windows, as documented and as demonstrated by the bundled Window Transparency example. Windows 11 renders all three correctly; only macOS is affected. The bundled example and any user project using these features on macOS in Studio 26.10.2 show the broken behaviour.