# UE5 ComboBox how to hide background **URL:** \ **Category:** UI\ **Tags:** combobox, unreal-engine, question, UMG\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617 "2023-03-25T15:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![goodriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@goodriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/goodriver)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/1 "2023-03-25T15:30:43Z")
How does the ComboBox in the UE5 control behave like UE4, with a transparent background？ UE4： ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/c/1/2c1f1e5c9e383626a305b27a3e129ad3c2f16331.jpeg) UE5： ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/7/5/675b3214bf3567c7124efb3bf78c74941ad67e52.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SupportiveEntity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SupportiveEntity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SupportiveEntity)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/2 "2023-03-26T00:56:10Z")
Hey there @goodriver! All you have to do is go to the button style, choose the styles you want to hide and then change their Draw As type to `None` and it will not draw them. ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/5/3/a/53a6e320b07dc56b4f8e5aad3979136cc98ef074.png) ---
**Author:** ![goodriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@goodriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/goodriver)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/3 "2023-04-20T12:00:34Z")
Hello, your approach is hidden. What I want is an alpha background ---
**Author:** ![SupportiveEntity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SupportiveEntity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SupportiveEntity)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/4 "2023-04-23T23:47:21Z")
In the same menu, you would just go to the tint color, and reduce the Alpha if you want some transparency. The menu’s border itself is lower on the list, but you would follow the same method. ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/5/9/159aef73fcd47fd67bfe228f741cd622234f1a16.png) ---
**Author:** ![goodriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@goodriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/goodriver)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/5 "2023-04-24T01:52:53Z")
Thank you for your reply. What I need is Alpha in the options. ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/4/d/34d3e49e909c280451ad86a00eaa7dde81742713.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SupportiveEntity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SupportiveEntity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SupportiveEntity)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/6 "2023-04-26T07:14:56Z")
Ahhhhh I see where the issue is. It doesn’t look like the style for the background are exposed outside of slate based on a post from a while back. > [@Font and Menu styles for ComboBox](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/font-and-menu-styles-for-combobox/27854): > > Hi, I’m working on a prototype UMG Menu and I’ve been using Scrollbox with custom buttons for choosing my visual settings. Today, I just tried out ComboBox since I got a suggestion that it’s easier to work with. However I found that the customization options for Combobox are very limited. There is no option for changing the font size or style or alignment. Similarly, there is no option for setting a texture for the dropdown menu instead of the plain black background. Is there any chance you guys… It doesn’t look like that’s changed since then. It looks like the recommendation most people use is to create a new widget type for them. ---
**Author:** ![goodriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@goodriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/goodriver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/7 "2023-09-11T07:57:22Z")
Have this bugs been fixed? ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Attwood](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Anthony\_Attwood](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Anthony_Attwood)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/8 "2025-06-11T23:32:05Z")
No, I’m still stuck on this issue. Update [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fhow-to-remove-dark-background-from-combobox-drop-menu-v0-14v29d3b193d1.png%3Fwidth%3D469%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D3dd8c62c777b1f26d473971cb8bfea9cf8ade2fa](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fhow-to-remove-dark-background-from-combobox-drop-menu-v0-14v29d3b193d1.png%3Fwidth%3D469%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D3dd8c62c777b1f26d473971cb8bfea9cf8ade2fa) Edit the menu border brush under ‘style’ and set ‘draw as’ to none. This gives you a completely transparent dropdown box menu background. I didn’t realise the background was a thick border line. It looked filled in so I was looking eveywhere for ‘background’ colour. ---
**Author:** ![GiantKrab](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GiantKrab](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GiantKrab)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-combobox-how-to-hide-background/821617/9 "2026-06-08T15:21:06Z")
While this solution seems to work in older versions (I’ve seen a video of a person using these steps to get rid of the grey background in 5.4) , in 5.6 this yields no result - the background of the menu is still gray. Any Item styling AS WELL as custom styles for menu borders goes on top of that. Several comments on that video from people using 5.6 confirmed this unfortunate truth. P.S. Here’s the 5.4 video: [https://youtu.be/nc8js3LJ6wE?si=Ei5W8GdSsDus-uU7](https://youtu.be/nc8js3LJ6wE?si=Ei5W8GdSsDus-uU7)