# Add Filters panel + "Background Blur" option **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** design\ **Created:** [April 17, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913 "2023-04-17T05:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RenanMayrinckDesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/renanmayrinckdesign/32/3104_2.png) [@RenanMayrinckDesign](https://community.penpot.app/u/RenanMayrinckDesign)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/1 "2023-04-17T05:04:10Z")
Hi there guys, I’ve noticed there are a few options on the design tab that could be grouped into a single section called “Filters”, which would make things easier to organize. Here’s a quick prototype: > **[Penpot | Design Freedom for Teams](https://design.penpot.app/#/view/10153e6d-0229-80f5-8002-2d336ddc76f5?page-id=10153e6d-0229-80f5-8002-2d336ddc76f6§ion=interactions&index=0&share-id=c10e55b5-9e0d-8170-8002-5ea9373b2da0)** > > The open-source solution for design and prototyping This new section should contain the current settings for Shadow and Layer Blur. An addition to this would be the “Background Blur” filter, which makes only the background blurred instead of the whole layer. To transpose such effect to CSS code, you could use `backdrop-filter: blur(*value in px*);`. It seems most of the browsers already support it so would be a great way to get such a filter working. ---
**Author:** ![xman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/xman/32/2225_2.png) [@xman](https://community.penpot.app/u/xman)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/2 "2023-04-17T22:57:29Z")
Pretty good coverage, [CSS Backdrop Filter | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc](https://caniuse.com/css-backdrop-filter) ---
**Author:** ![toaster\_hehe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/toaster_hehe/32/3578_2.png) [@toaster\_hehe](https://community.penpot.app/u/toaster_hehe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/3 "2023-09-02T11:54:54Z")
i want this feature so bad, this is the only reason I’m using figma ---
**Author:** ![icelandic\_crow](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/icelandic_crow/32/7501_2.png) [@icelandic\_crow](https://community.penpot.app/u/icelandic_crow)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/4 "2023-11-25T17:40:08Z")
Hi all Thanks for all the amazing effort with Penpot and the great new features, still was wondering if is there any news regarding the backdrop filter blur? Keep up the amazing work 💪 ---
**Author:** ![RenanMayrinckDesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/renanmayrinckdesign/32/3104_2.png) [@RenanMayrinckDesign](https://community.penpot.app/u/RenanMayrinckDesign)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/5 "2023-11-25T18:41:49Z")
Well, nothing new about this up until now, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![nu444](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/nu444/32/8984_2.png) [@nu444](https://community.penpot.app/u/nu444)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/6 "2025-09-28T22:08:42Z")
The [feature request](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/2024) is over four years old by know. How do people deal with such a central element of many UI systems not being available? Is there a better workaround than using a blurred copy of everything with a mask? Or do people just not use penpot when designing for platforms which use blur? Would really love to know how professionals work around it. But maybe now everyone will follow Apple with liquid glass, and soon penpot will have successfully ignored this issue until the blur effect has become irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![RenanMayrinckDesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/renanmayrinckdesign/32/3104_2.png) [@RenanMayrinckDesign](https://community.penpot.app/u/RenanMayrinckDesign)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/add-filters-panel-background-blur-option/2913/7 "2025-09-28T22:55:32Z")
Hello @nu444 ! As of right now I deal with this by doing a workaround shown here: [https://youtu.be/37jeUvaj69Y](https://youtu.be/37jeUvaj69Y) Probably when Penpot switches the canvas structure to the new format we will be able to have such effects working.