diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs
index 63995fc80..8802bb7e9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/field_tests.rs
@@ -1231,7 +1231,14 @@ fn the_page_background_opacity_field_sets_the_page_colour_alpha() {
     key(&mut u, Key::Enter, Modifiers::NONE);
     let c = page_bg(&u);
     assert!(near(c.g, 1.0) && near(c.a, 128.0 / 255.0), "{c:?}");
-    assert_eq!(undo_steps(&u), steps + 3);
+    // Eight digits asking for opaque set 100 %: an alpha of 1 in the text is not "no alpha".
+    let at = hex(&mut u);
+    click(&mut u, at);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::Text("0000FFFF".into())]);
+    key(&mut u, Key::Enter, Modifiers::NONE);
+    let c = page_bg(&u);
+    assert!(near(c.b, 1.0) && near(c.a, 1.0), "{c:?}");
+    assert_eq!(undo_steps(&u), steps + 4);
     u.app.run("edit.undo", json!({}));
-    assert!(near(page_bg(&u).r, 1.0) && near(page_bg(&u).a, 0.5), "undo takes back the last colour alone");
+    assert!(near(page_bg(&u).g, 1.0) && near(page_bg(&u).a, 128.0 / 255.0), "undo takes back the last colour alone");
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs
index 4f31f4089..e9987ec49 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs
@@ -323,12 +323,14 @@ fn page_section(app: &mut FigApp, ui: &mut Ui, doc: &Document) {
         let p = Paint::solid(bg);
         let sw = widgets::swatch(ui, &p, 16.0);
         app.picker_control(crate::colorpicker::PickerTarget::PageBackground, &sw);
-        // A typed colour keeps the page's opacity unless it carries one (`FF000080`), as the
-        // colour picker's hex field does.
+        // A typed colour keeps the page's opacity unless it carries one: 4 or 8 hex digits
+        // (`FF000080`; `FF0000FF` asks for opaque).
         if let Some(h) = widgets::text_field(ui, Id::unique("pagebg"), &bg.to_hex(), 96.0, "")
             && let Some(c) = figcraft_color::Color::from_hex_or_name(&h)
         {
-            new_color = Some((c.with_alpha(if c.a < 1.0 { c.a } else { bg.a }), None));
+            let digits = h.trim().trim_start_matches('#');
+            let carries_alpha = matches!(digits.len(), 4 | 8) && digits.chars().all(|ch| ch.is_ascii_hexdigit());
+            new_color = Some((if carries_alpha { c } else { c.with_alpha(bg.a) }, None));
         }
         // The opacity: a field like every other opacity field, not a label (#1748).
         let alpha = |v: f64| bg.with_alpha((v / 100.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0) as f32);