# Changing the size of a window in Layout creates a background where there is none

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**Category:** LayOut\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-the-size-of-a-window-in-layout-creates-a-background-where-there-is-none/266600 "2024-04-04T05:57:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![william](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@william](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/william)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-the-size-of-a-window-in-layout-creates-a-background-where-there-is-none/266600/1 "2024-04-04T05:57:59Z")

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changing the size of this scene window makes the background opaque even though the background is toggled off. Anyone know why?

 ![Screenshot 2024-04-04 at 12.53.08 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/1/9/195bc91cb65d08141fb90a0ef963b7b1d10ba244.png)  
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I can direct send the layout and sketchup files. They are big files.  
Thanks

Any advice

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-the-size-of-a-window-in-layout-creates-a-background-where-there-is-none/266600/2 "2024-04-04T06:14:29Z")

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By what method are you enlarging the model in the viewport?

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**Author:** ![william](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@william](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/william)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-the-size-of-a-window-in-layout-creates-a-background-where-there-is-none/266600/3 "2024-04-04T06:32:32Z")

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dragging the edge of the viewport window

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-the-size-of-a-window-in-layout-creates-a-background-where-there-is-none/266600/4 "2024-04-04T06:44:54Z")

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Had you already selected a scale for the viewport? Try doing that before dragging the edges of the viewport.

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**Author:** ![PaulMcAlenan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/paulmcalenan/32/211206_2.png) [@PaulMcAlenan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PaulMcAlenan)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-the-size-of-a-window-in-layout-creates-a-background-where-there-is-none/266600/5 "2024-04-04T07:41:25Z")

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William – I get this occasionally and the developers are aware of my case.

My SketchUp models have only one style and I assign specific document styles directly in Layout (the styles are SketchUp styles that are located in a folder that Layout accesses).

Whenever I copy a viewport that has a Layout assigned style from another file, there appears to an occasional issue where that style is superficially displaying as such but, like in your case, when I resize the viewport the viewport reverts back to the SketchUp default style.

It’s annoying but resetting the style in Layout to the required one solves it.