# TextFrame.Transparency Property

> Gets or sets the text frame's transparency. It must be a value between 0 and 255. Zero means opaque and 255 means completely transparent.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 18.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > TextFrame.Transparency Property
- **424 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/textframe/transparency-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/textframe/transparency-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/textframe/transparency-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the text frame's transparency. It must be a value between 0 and 255. Zero means opaque and 255 means completely transparent.

### Syntax

```csharp
public byte Transparency { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property Transparency As Byte
```

### Examples

The following example applies bold formatting through the text frame's selection by using `TextFrame.Transparency`.

```csharp
Selection formattedSelection = textFrame.Selection;
formattedSelection.Bold = true;
textFrame.Selection = formattedSelection;

textFrame.Transparency = 1;
Console.WriteLine($"Transparency used by Text Frame: {textFrame.Transparency}");
```

```vbnet
Dim formattedSelection As Selection = textFrame.Selection
formattedSelection.Bold = True
textFrame.Selection = formattedSelection

textFrame.Transparency = 1
Console.WriteLine($"Transparency used by Text Frame: {textFrame.Transparency}")
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [TextFrame.TrackedChanges Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/textframe/trackedchanges-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TextFrameCollection Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/textframecollection/llms-full.txt)