Panel Opacity lets you see the canvas through the editor’s panels. It is a slider, and it lives in Settings, under Panels.
What it does
Drag the slider down and every panel becomes translucent, so the canvas behind them stays visible while you work near an edge. The percentage next to the slider shows the current setting. At 100% the panels are fully solid, the default.
So a translucent panel never gets in your way, each panel snaps back to fully opaque the moment you hover over it or focus something inside it, then fades back once you move away. You always get a clear, readable panel exactly when you are using it.
Where it applies
Panel Opacity affects every panel, in both layouts: the floating panels, the panels that open as popovers (the Explorer from the Toolbar layout's menu button, and the Layers and Collaborate panels), the Map, the Quick Style panel and the Toolbar layout's strip. Buttons are not panels, so the menu button and the buttons in the bottom-right corner stay fully opaque.
Resetting it
Drag the slider back to 100% to make the panels solid again. The setting is saved with your other settings and follows you across your devices.
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