diff --git a/nel/include/nel/gui/widget_manager.h b/nel/include/nel/gui/widget_manager.h
index 21cf91d0f..f3156c3c4 100644
--- a/nel/include/nel/gui/widget_manager.h
+++ b/nel/include/nel/gui/widget_manager.h
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		uint8 getGlobalContainerAlpha() const { return _GlobalContainerAlpha; }
 		uint8 getGlobalRolloverFactorContent() const { return _GlobalRolloverFactorContent; }
 		uint8 getGlobalRolloverFactorContainer() const { return _GlobalRolloverFactorContainer; }
+		uint8 getContextHelpContentAlpha() const { return _ContextHelpContentAlpha; }
+		uint8 getContextHelpContainerAlpha() const { return _ContextHelpContainerAlpha; }
 
 		void updateGlobalAlphas();
 		void resetGlobalAlphasProps();
@@ -608,12 +610,16 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf *_GlobalContainerAlphaDB;
 		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf *_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB;
 		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf *_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB;
+		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf * _ContextHelpContentAlphaDB;
+		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf * _ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB;
 		
 		uint8 _ContainerAlpha;
 		uint8 _GlobalContentAlpha;
 		uint8 _GlobalContainerAlpha;
 		uint8 _GlobalRolloverFactorContent;
 		uint8 _GlobalRolloverFactorContainer;
+		uint8 _ContextHelpContentAlpha;
+		uint8 _ContextHelpContainerAlpha;
 
 		bool _MouseHandlingEnabled;
 		
diff --git a/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp b/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp
index 48bddcc39..87b58c790 100644
--- a/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp
+++ b/nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp
@@ -1794,33 +1794,69 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				getWindowForActiveMasterGroup(_CurCtrlContextHelp->getContextHelpWindowName());
 
 			if(groupContextHelp)
-			{
+			{	
 				/** If there's a modal box around, should be sure that the context help doesn't intersect it.
 				  * If this is the case, we just disable it, unless the tooltip was generated by the current modal window
 				  */
+				
+				bool draw = false;
 				if ( hasModal() )
 				{
 					CInterfaceGroup *mw = getModal().ModalWindow;
 					if (mw && mw->isIn(*groupContextHelp))
 					{
 						if (_CurCtrlContextHelp->isSonOf(mw))
-						{
-							groupContextHelp->executeLuaScriptOnDraw();
-							groupContextHelp->draw ();
-							// flush layers
-							CViewRenderer::getInstance()->flush();
-						}
+							draw = true;
 					}
 					else
-					{
-						groupContextHelp->executeLuaScriptOnDraw();
-						groupContextHelp->draw ();
-						// flush layers
-						CViewRenderer::getInstance()->flush();
-					}
+						draw = true;
 				}
 				else
-				{
+					draw = true;
+
+				if (draw) {
+					// apply opacity settings
+					const std::vector< CViewBase* > &vs = groupContextHelp->getViews();
+					// content opacity: only target views or else breaks
+					for( uint i = 0; i < vs.size(); ++i)
+					{
+						CViewBase *pVB = vs[i];
+						pVB->setAlpha(_ContextHelpContentAlpha);
+					}
+					// go into sub groups and apply opacity to views and controls (this is mainly for crystallized_spell_context_help)
+					const std::vector<CInterfaceGroup*> &rG = groupContextHelp->getGroups();
+					if (!rG.empty()) {
+						for(uint i = 0; i < rG.size(); ++i) {
+							const std::vector< CInterfaceGroup* > &vs = rG[i]->getGroups();
+							if (!vs.empty()) {
+								for( uint j = 0; j < vs.size(); ++j)
+								{
+									const std::vector< CViewBase* > &vb = vs[j]->getViews();
+									if (!vb.empty()) {
+										for( uint k = 0; k < vb.size(); ++k)
+										{
+											CViewBase *pVB = vb[k];
+											pVB->setAlpha(_ContextHelpContentAlpha);
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							const std::vector< CViewBase* > &vb = rG[i]->getViews();
+							if (!vb.empty()) {
+								for( uint k = 0; k < vb.size(); ++k)
+								{
+									CViewBase *pVB = vb[k];
+									pVB->setAlpha(_ContextHelpContentAlpha);
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					// container opacity
+					CInterfaceGroup* container = dynamic_cast<CInterfaceGroup*>(groupContextHelp->findFromShortId("border"));
+					if (container)
+						container->setAlpha(_ContextHelpContainerAlpha);
+
+					// draw the tooltip
 					groupContextHelp->executeLuaScriptOnDraw();
 					groupContextHelp->draw ();
 					// flush layers
@@ -3359,11 +3395,17 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			nlassert(_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB);
 			_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB = CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("UI:SAVE:CONTAINER_ROLLOVER_FACTOR");
 			nlassert(_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB);
+			_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB = CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("UI:SAVE:CONTEXT_HELP_CONTENT_ALPHA");
+			nlassert(_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB);
+			_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB = CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("UI:SAVE:CONTEXT_HELP_CONTAINER_ALPHA");
+			nlassert(_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB);
 		}
 		_GlobalContentAlpha = (uint8)_GlobalContentAlphaDB->getValue32();
 		_GlobalContainerAlpha = (uint8)_GlobalContainerAlphaDB->getValue32();
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContent = (uint8)_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB->getValue32();
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContainer = (uint8)_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB->getValue32();
+		_ContextHelpContentAlpha = (uint8)_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB->getValue32();
+		_ContextHelpContainerAlpha = (uint8)_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB->getValue32();
 	}
 
 	void CWidgetManager::resetGlobalAlphasProps()
@@ -3372,6 +3414,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_GlobalContainerAlphaDB = NULL;
 		_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB = NULL;
 		_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB = NULL;
+		_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB = NULL;
+		_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB = NULL;
 	}
 
 	void CWidgetManager::registerNewScreenSizeHandler( INewScreenSizeHandler *handler )
@@ -3905,6 +3949,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContent = 255;
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContainer = 255;
 		_AlphaRolloverSpeedDB = NULL;
+		_ContextHelpContentAlpha = 255;
+		_ContextHelpContainerAlpha = 255;
 
 		_MouseHandlingEnabled = true;
 		_MouseOverWindow = false;