[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

AFAIK, when you set at tab to transparent, the tabstrip should not also be transparent. I have not tried it though. But how are you supposed to change tabs then?

There is also a hotkey combination that you can press to make TB minimzie to a little square icon. (I can't remember or now find the info on that.)

There is also a button on the TB tab to do that too. Then you can see whatever is behind it.

Did you try the Click-Through TB Module fullscreen on a tab?