Rick I'm using the Windows sidebar Styler but the TrueGlass or SimpleGlass doesn't show any transparency @ all. :icon_question: But anyway I find something different. A Sidebar Skin Gadget and there are many different skins you can apply right from your sidebar :thumbsup_anim: Fade, Clear, Curved Longhorn, Plex, Straight, Transparent Glass, AeroTribal, Aurora, BlackGlass, CurvedClear, Fresh, Simplistic Vista Edit: Forgot to mention that you must use the Windows Sidebar Styler in order you make this gadget working. Rick made a very great Windows Sidebar Styler v2.0.6 AddOn