diff --git a/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.css.ts b/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.css.ts
index a5a91dee95..027bd41143 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.css.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.css.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const mainContainerStyle = style({
   width: 0,
   flex: 1,
   maxWidth: '100%',
+  backgroundColor: 'var(--affine-background-primary-color)',
   selectors: {
     '&[data-show-padding="true"]': {
       margin: '8px',
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ export const mainContainerStyle = style({
       left: 0,
       WebkitAppRegion: 'drag',
     },
+    '&[data-transparent=true]': {
+      backgroundColor: 'transparent',
+    },
   },
 } as ComplexStyleRule);
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.tsx b/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.tsx
index 157df78619..aa3195f0f0 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/component/src/components/workspace/index.tsx
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ export const AppContainer = ({
 export interface MainContainerProps extends HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
   className?: string;
   padding?: boolean;
+  transparent?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const MainContainer = forwardRef<
   HTMLDivElement,
   PropsWithChildren<MainContainerProps>
 >(function MainContainer(
-  { className, padding, children, ...props },
+  { className, padding, children, transparent, ...props },
   ref
 ): ReactElement {
   return (
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export const MainContainer = forwardRef<
       className={clsx(mainContainerStyle, className)}
       data-is-macos={environment.isDesktop && environment.isMacOs}
       data-show-padding={!!padding}
+      data-transparent={transparent}
       ref={ref}
     >
       {children}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/layouts/workspace-layout.tsx b/packages/frontend/core/src/layouts/workspace-layout.tsx
index f3d482f720..c578613e34 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/core/src/layouts/workspace-layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/layouts/workspace-layout.tsx
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ export const WorkspaceLayoutInner = ({
 
   const { appSettings } = useAppSettingHelper();
   const location = useLocation();
+  const { pageId } = useParams();
+
+  // todo: refactor this that the root layout do not need to check route state
+  const isInPageDetail = !!pageId;
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -247,15 +251,18 @@ export const WorkspaceLayoutInner = ({
               paths={pathGenerator}
             />
           </Suspense>
-          <Suspense fallback={<MainContainer />}>
-            <MainContainer padding={appSettings.clientBorder}>
+          <MainContainer
+            transparent={isInPageDetail}
+            padding={appSettings.clientBorder}
+          >
+            <Suspense>
               {migration ? (
                 <WorkspaceUpgrade migration={migration} />
               ) : (
                 children
               )}
-            </MainContainer>
-          </Suspense>
+            </Suspense>
+          </MainContainer>
         </AppContainer>
         <PageListTitleCellDragOverlay />
       </DndContext>