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If you look carefully, you can see both backgrounds show
through under some letters.
Figure 7-1. A window with several semitransparent layers
Here are the contents of the window in XAML. Keep in mind that this example includes
one detail you haven??™t examined yet??”the specialized ImageBrush for painting image content.
(You??™ll learn about the ImageBrush class in Chapter 13.)




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BorderBrush="White" Background="#60AA4030"
Padding="20">A Semi-Transparent Button

Some Label Text
BorderBrush="White">A semi-transparent text box


TileMode="Tile" Viewport="0,0,0.1,0.3"/>


FontSize="30" FontWeight="Bold" TextWrapping="Wrap">
Semi-Transparent Layers



Transparency is a popular WPF feature??”in fact, it??™s so easy and works so well that it??™s a bit
of a WPF user-interface clich?©.


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