Has the dock always had an opaque background?

[phositadc]

I don't use iOS very much so maybe it's always been this way, but is there any way to make the dock background transparent so I can see my wallpaper? As of now it's opaque. See attached picture. Maybe it's always been that way but somehow I just noticed it and I'd like to make it transparent. Thanks.

 

[albertxp06]

Looks like you have Increase Contrast on in Accessibility settings. Turning it off should at least let color blur through.

 

[Tyler23]

I don't use iOS very much so maybe it's always been this way, but is there any way to make the dock background transparent so I can see my wallpaper? As of now it's opaque. See attached picture. Maybe it's always been that way but somehow I just noticed it and I'd like to make it transparent. Thanks.

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As the first response says, turn off Increase Contrast by going to Settings - General - Accessibility - Increase Contrast - turn off.

Still, on iOS 7, the dock is not very translucent. It should match your background color, but will not be transparent enough to really see your background clearly.

 

[phositadc]

I do have increased contrast on. If turning it off won't give me full transparency (it doesn't--I checked), then I guess I'll just keep it on.

Thanks for the replies. Very odd that I never noticed that til today!

 

[C DM]

I do have increased contrast on. If turning it off won't give me full transparency (it doesn't--I checked), then I guess I'll just keep it on.

Thanks for the replies. Very odd that I never noticed that til today!

It won't give you full transparency but it will give you translucency more or less--still quite a bit better than what the increase contrast version of the setting does in that respect (especially in iOS 7.1 beta 1).