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NOT SURE IF ITS A BUG OR ON PURPOSE BUT WHEN I ADD A WIDGET TO THE HOME SCREEN THE "MENU ITEM" BACKGROUND IMAGE DARKENS . IS THERE A SETTING TO TURN OFF THE DIMMINGS ? IT JUST LOOKS A BIT ODD WHEN I HAVE WIDGETS ON HALF MY MENU ITEMS AND THEREFORE HALF ARE TOO DARK . Sorry about the caps . didnt look at the screen until id already written most of it

Not sure exactly what you mean. A picture always helps.
None of my menu item backgrounds with widgets are dark. Not until you focus on an item in the widget, which is normal.
I see no setting to darken backgrounds of widgets anywhere.
I have added my own custom backgrounds fwiw, but prior to that I saw nothing darken.