Make Transparent

Available in: Actual Window Manager, Actual Transparent Window, Actual Title Buttons, Actual Window Menu.

The Make Transparent action appears in the last generation of Microsoft® operating systems like Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista. It allows you to make a foreground window look like stained glass so you can see through it to the contents of windows behind it while simultaneously being able to still see the contents of the foreground window as well.

Make Window Transparent on the Fly.

You can choose any transparency level for a particular window ranging from 0% (opaque) to 100% (completely transparent, or invisible).

Hint The Make Transparent action is very handy for working with and between multiple open windows which cannot be sized to fit on the desktop side-by-side. For example, attempting to transcribe something into a Microsoft® Word document from an Internet browser window when they won't both fit on the screen together at the same time.

Related actions: Roll Up, Stay Always-On-Top, Ghost.

Possible triggers: Title Buttons, Window Menu, Startup, Deactivation, Moving/Resizing/Mouse-Hovering, Title Bar Double-Click.