Comment 3 for bug 1027925

Any update on this? I want to toggle transparency because sometimes it's not possible to copy and paste. For example, a kindle book being read in the browser won't allow random phrases to be copied from it. However, as mentioned by the original poster, most of the time transparency isn't a good thing when using an editor because people have to strain to distinguish the text in the editor from the background text.

What would really be amazing is if after toggling transparency on, the mouse could be used to select a rectangle that would remain transparent after toggling transparency off again. Another toggle would remove that transparency as well. Of course, I realize there may not be many (or any?) other people out there who would even think to look for such behavior. The basic transparency toggle seems like it would be popular though even if people aren't searching for a solution. I almost didn't search for a solution since it seemed pretty clear from the lack of such a feature being listed in the help ,that it wasn't available.