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Transparent Windows for Seamless applications

December 9, 2025

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Overview

Starting with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2511, seamless applications now support transparent windows. Window Transparency is a visual effect that makes window borders or entire application windows translucent instead of opaque, allowing users to see what’s behind them, either the desktop background or other windows.

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Note:

Using transparency in Seamless applications may impact server scalability and bandwidth usage. For optimal performance, disable any transparency effects within the applications, if possible.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for transparent window support for seamless applications are as follows:

Windows endpoint running CWA for windows 2511 or later
Windows VDA running VDA 2511 or later

Transparent window support for seamless applications is available on the following VDA operating systems:

Windows Server 2025
Windows 11 Single-session & Multi-session

Note:

Please note that transparent window support is not available for seamless applications published on Windows 10 or Server 2022 and earlier.

No additional configuration is required, and support is provided out-of-the-box.

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Transparent Windows for Seamless applications

December 9, 2025

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December 9, 2025

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Transparent Windows for Seamless applications

Overview

Prerequisites

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