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title: "💭 Background Image | Wallpaper · Issue #3059 · helix-editor/helix"
description: "!https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/3059"
date: 2024-10-08
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How to make helix themes transparent.  You can make any built-in theme transparent in helix with one line, a few extras and you can make all the pop ups, help menus and status line trransparant as well.

``` bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/helix/themes
hx
```

`:o ~/.config/helix/themes/dracula_transparant.toml`

``` toml
# ~/.config/helix/themes/dracula_transparant.toml
inherits = "dracula"
"ui.background" = { fg = "foreground" }
"ui.menu" = { fg = "white" }
"ui.popup" = { fg = "white" }
"ui.window" = { fg = "white" }
"ui.help" = { fg = "light-gray" }

"ui.statusline" = { fg = "gray" }
"ui.statusline.inactive" = { fg = "black" }
```

`:config-edit`

``` toml
# ~/.config/helix/config.toml
theme="dracula_transparant"
```

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