make just the micro menu fade?

[Tegarbah]

I've read a few times about turning the opacity of Titan Panel's top panel up all the way so that all the items listed integrate with NUI's background at the top. I like that idea but I play with the top console on mouseover so it fades away. Then with opacity turned up, titan panel has no background and is hard to read. Is there anyway to make just the micro menu fade but keep the Nui background across the width of the screen?