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How to make a transparent background with Deneb visual
Hi babass380036 , you keep adding a reply that seems to keep going missing each time I come here to answer, so I'll just add my response inline here and hopefully it'll make sense if/when you get a chance to review.
You're not missing anything. There is a bug with Dark Mode and all custom visuals that MS needs to fix. The current workaround is to use a light mode for Desktop when editing using custom visuals.
We actually found the problem when somebody reported an issue with HTML Content, and I followed up with the visuals team. Here's a comment thread on LinkedIn where we discussed the problem.
Hi babass380036,
Deneb's background is set to transparent by default when compiling/rendering, so unless you've set it to something else, it should work as you expect.
From the looks of your screenshot, are you using dark mode in Desktop? If so, there are known issues with the background of custom visuals being set to opaque by Power BI when dark mode is enabled. Reports look correct when published in the Service and also in the light modes. The visuals team knows about the issue, but there hasn't been a fix yet.
Regards,
Daniel
EDIT: it also occurred to me that you may want to check the visual container background (under effects) if publish or light mode doesn't work, just in case you have this set to an opaque value, e.g., through your theme. The container background has a higher order of precedence than Deneb's background (container settings like background are managed by MS, and third-party devs can't control or access them).
Hi dm-p !
Thanks for your reply!
The Deneb visuals have a transparent background in the Service :
Yes I used Power BI Desktop in dark mode :
Event with transparency = 100%, the visual is not transparent in PBI Desktop :
My Theme has 100% transparence for visual background :
so what am I missing? 🙂