# Advanced Background Image Control & Native Background Blur
**URL:** https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638
**Category:** Feature requests
**Tags:** design, feature-request, plugins, css
**Created:** [June 8, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638 "2026-06-08T07:17:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Cimi\_Larkes](https://community.penpot.app/u/Cimi_Larkes)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638/1 "2026-06-08T07:17:47Z")
I am writing to express my strong support for two essential features that I believe are critical for professional design workflows in Penpot: **Background Image Positioning/Sizing** and **Background Blur**.
Currently, the lack of granular control over background images specifically the ability to precisely position and define scaling behavior significantly hinders my workflow. When working with complex layouts, having to rely on workarounds is inefficient and often produces imprecise results.
Furthermore, **Background Blur** (backdrop filter) is now a standard requirement for modern UI design, particularly for glassmorphism and overlay effects. Its absence is a major gap that limits the visual fidelity of designs created within Penpot.
I understand that feature development requires careful prioritization. However, if full implementation is currently blocked by roadmap constraints, I propose an alternative: **could the core team prioritize the necessary API or plugin infrastructure to support these properties?**
If the native implementation is going to take significant time, providing hooks for the community to build plugins that handle these CSS properties would be a fantastic bridge. If the backend/renderer can support the underlying engine changes, we as a community would be more than willing to develop the plugin solutions required to bridge this functionality gap until native integration is complete.
I would love to hear if there are plans to expose these CSS capabilities to the plugin system in the near future.
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### Author:  [@LauraKalbag](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraKalbag)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638/2 "2026-06-08T08:52:05Z")
Hey @Cimi_Larkes. You might want to check out Andy’s post from last week. I’ve highlighted the relevant parts below:
> [@Not a roadmap, but… what's coming in Penpot (June 2026)](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-but-whats-coming-in-penpot-june-2026/10628/1):
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> ## Track 1: Design Experience and Reliability
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> **Goal:** Make Penpot feel faster, more stable, and more trustworthy for daily work, especially on complex files.
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> ### Planned
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> - **Design deal-breakers** → In progress
> Design improvements we deliberately held back while the new renderer was still the big bet. With WebGL in beta, that backlog is unblocked and we can ship them (for example: **Background blur** , Stroke per side, PDFs export improvement, Numbered lists, **Image crop** , Video player).
> [@Not a roadmap, but… what's coming in Penpot (June 2026)](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-but-whats-coming-in-penpot-june-2026/10628):
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> What’s next for Penpot? If you read our [2025 “not a roadmap”](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-recent-current-and-2025-initiatives/7375), you already know the deal: this is not a promise list. It is an open window into what we are working on now, what is coming up, and why. A lot has happened since that post. We shipped native design tokens and variants. We worked through a long list of design deal-breakers (the small and medium fixes that make daily work less painful). Tokens sync with external tools is still in progress.…
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### Author:  [@Cimi\_Larkes](https://community.penpot.app/u/Cimi_Larkes)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638/3 "2026-06-08T11:07:27Z")
> [@Not a roadmap, but… what's coming in Penpot (June 2026)](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-but-whats-coming-in-penpot-june-2026/10628/1):
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> - held back while the new renderer was still the big bet. With WebGL in beta, that backlog is unblocked and we can ship them (for example: **Background blur** , Stroke per side, PDFs export improvement, Numbered lists, **Image crop** , Video player).
Thanks @LauraKalbag Can’t wait for the next update!
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### Author:  [@Cimi\_Larkes](https://community.penpot.app/u/Cimi_Larkes)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638/4 "2026-06-12T00:45:22Z")
Tested the new update on the local **Background blur** feature, which works like a charm!!
look forward to more update. Thanks Penpot!!!
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### Author:  [@matthew\_simat](https://community.penpot.app/u/matthew_simat)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638/5 "2026-09-02T11:28:15Z")
Hi there, I was searching for exactly this and was thrilled when I found someone already asked about the feature.
I was even more excited when I saw your screenshot of using the feature, it is exactly what I need.
However I was very surprised when I did not see it in my ‘blur’ tab in the panel.
I am very new to penpot, but can someone please explain why it is not there? I am on the Cloud version.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@girafic](https://community.penpot.app/u/girafic)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/advanced-background-image-control-native-background-blur/10638/6 "2026-09-02T11:46:38Z")
Activate WebGL rendering in the settings
