How to change the transparent background grid in GIMP?

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When a layer in GIMP is transparent and there are no opaque pixels behind it, you see a kind of default grid indicating that this part of the image is "transparent", like in the centre here:

Transparency example

Is there a way to change the look of this grid, or are you stuck with the default "light grey/dark grey"? I'm open to solutions even if the functionality has only recently been added in development versions of GIMP.

Jez

Posted 2011-11-04T15:05:22.643

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Edit > Preferences > Display > Transparency > Check style and Check size.

Andrew Schulman

Posted 2011-11-04T15:05:22.643

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1Don't miss Edit > Preferences > Default Grid also! – gavenkoa – 2015-01-28T19:45:43.160

2Ah, thanks. It's a shame you can't actually control the colors of the checkered pattern beyond a few predetermined settings, but it's still probably good enough. – Jez – 2011-11-05T11:21:06.410

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