# DrawText with Transparent Background

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**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/drawtext-with-transparent-background/5521 "2019-09-07T22:17:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/drawtext-with-transparent-background/5521/2 "2019-09-07T22:49:00Z")

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Hi.

Maybe this can help you

> [@GUI elements attached to control no alpha?](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/gui-elements-attached-to-control-no-alpha/5055/2):
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> Hi @i73 You can get a corrected alpha by dividing by parent’s alpha (does not work if parent is 0) [https://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#XCPP9Y#1318](https://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#XCPP9Y#1318) Or you can separate the rectangle from the textblock, and put them in a shared container [https://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#XCPP9Y#1319](https://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#XCPP9Y#1319)

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