Widget on desktop

[Lucky8]

How do I make one of the widgets to stay on the desktop at all times?
Is there a way to make the widgets look transparent like this?
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[feakbeak]

How do I make one of the widgets to stay on the desktop at all times?

How-To: Keeping multiple dashboard widgets on the desktop...

Don't know about the transparency.