# Transparent Textbox Trick (AS2)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-textbox-trick-as2/312283>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 29, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-textbox-trick-as2/312283 "2010-07-29T17:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![kerry\_rnl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@kerry\_rnl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kerry_rnl)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-textbox-trick-as2/312283/1 "2010-07-29T17:21:44Z")

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I’ve seen the question of how to make a transparent textbox in Flash come up a lot online, but I’ve yet to see a solution that works. I figured one out that is working for me. I name each textbox with its own unique instance label, such as “textbox1,” and then enter this code into the actions for the frame:

textbox1.background=false;

Hope this helps.