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Transparent colors
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To set a transparent color for any widget do the following:

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    // text color
    myWidget.setTextColor("transparent");

    // background color
    myWidget.setBackgroundColor("transparent");

As the "transparent" color is part of every color theme in qooxdoo, you set this color by simply use this string.