---
title: showsAlpha
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nscolorpickertouchbaritem/showsalpha
---

# showsAlpha

A Boolean value that controls whether the color picker allows picking of colors with alpha values other than 1.0.

## Declaration

```swift
var showsAlpha: Bool { get set }
```

## See Also

### Configuring the color picker

- [colorList](appkit/nscolorpickertouchbaritem/colorlist.md)
- [allowedColorSpaces](appkit/nscolorpickertouchbaritem/allowedcolorspaces.md)
- [isEnabled](appkit/nscolorpickertouchbaritem/isenabled.md)