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Unable to set modern text input fill to transparent

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Hi, I tried to set the modern text input fill to transparent but it didnt work. I used RGBA(0, 0, 0, 0) and tried Color.Transparent as well it just wouldnt work. If you the fill to other colors are fine. Anyone experiencing the same issue?

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Unable to set modern text input fill to transparent

To customize the modern text input you would want to look at the "Appearance" property.

You can make it white or outlined:

If you want to change the fill, you should be able to. Try working witht he "Style and Theme" options.

I was able to change the background color and the actual input text color, but didn't have much luck with the color of the placeholder text.

Placeholder text:

Actual input text:

If you want to do more custimizations on the text input then you could use the classic Text Input control.

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Unable to set modern text input fill to transparent

I'm having this issue as well, the control has a "Fill" property, ergo it should be possible to directly set a Fill Color.

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Unable to set modern text input fill to transparent

Hi,
You can’t directly apply a transparent fill to a text input—it’s a limitation of modern controls. If you want to hide the control, you can use the Visible property.

The approach is to hide the control while still capturing the user input, and then adjust the fill color to match the background color behind the control.

example:

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