diff --git a/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHPasswordTextEditWidget.cs b/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHPasswordTextEditWidget.cs
index 2cbef5483..638347c3a 100644
--- a/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHPasswordTextEditWidget.cs
+++ b/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHPasswordTextEditWidget.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project.
 */
 
 using System;
+using MatterHackers.Agg;
 using MatterHackers.Agg.UI;
 using MatterHackers.VectorMath;
 
@@ -37,17 +38,34 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
 	{
 		private TextEditWidget passwordCoverText;
 
+		private class TextEditOverlay : TextEditWidget
+		{
+			public TextEditOverlay(string text, int pointSize, double pixelWidth, double pixelHeight, bool multiLine)
+				: base(text, 0, 0, pointSize, pixelWidth, pixelHeight, multiLine)
+			{
+			}
+
+			public override Color BackgroundColor
+			{
+				get => this.Parent.BackgroundColor;
+				set
+				{
+					this.Parent.BackgroundColor = value;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		public MHPasswordTextEditWidget(string text, ThemeConfig theme, double pixelWidth = 0, double pixelHeight = 0, bool multiLine = false, int tabIndex = 0, string messageWhenEmptyAndNotSelected = "")
 			: base(text, theme, pixelWidth, pixelHeight, multiLine, tabIndex, messageWhenEmptyAndNotSelected)
 		{
 			// remove this so that we can have other content first (the hidden letters)
 			this.RemoveChild(noContentFieldDescription);
 
-			passwordCoverText = new TextEditWidget(text, 0, 0, theme.DefaultFontSize, pixelWidth, pixelHeight, multiLine)
+			passwordCoverText = new TextEditOverlay(text, theme.DefaultFontSize, pixelWidth, pixelHeight, multiLine)
 			{
 				Selectable = false,
 				HAnchor = HAnchor.Stretch,
-				VAnchor = VAnchor.Bottom
+				VAnchor = VAnchor.Bottom,
 			};
 			passwordCoverText.MinimumSize = new Vector2(Math.Max(passwordCoverText.MinimumSize.X, pixelWidth), Math.Max(passwordCoverText.MinimumSize.Y, pixelHeight));
 			this.AddChild(passwordCoverText);
diff --git a/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHTextEditWidget.cs b/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHTextEditWidget.cs
index 4dcf2f655..d2cdccbab 100644
--- a/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHTextEditWidget.cs
+++ b/MatterControlLib/ControlElements/MHTextEditWidget.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
 			this.ActualTextEditWidget = new TextEditWidget(text, 0, 0, theme.DefaultFontSize, pixelWidth, pixelHeight, multiLine, tabIndex: tabIndex, typeFace: typeFace)
 			{
 				VAnchor = VAnchor.Bottom,
+				BackgroundColor = Color.Transparent
 			};
 
 			var internalWidget = this.ActualTextEditWidget.InternalTextEditWidget;
diff --git a/Submodules/agg-sharp b/Submodules/agg-sharp
index 7c4f863bd..26b017d62 160000
--- a/Submodules/agg-sharp
+++ b/Submodules/agg-sharp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7c4f863bdf87d1a0fdfc82bfade3c969134fb237
+Subproject commit 26b017d62a1fcd3f54d2d1336be4df7449ac9046