Question: I love the Photoshop artboard feature, however I'm used to seeing the transparent background grid. Is there any way to show this in my artboards in Photoshop?

And yes, I know it will still save with a transparent background, but I like having the grid that way if I were to use a white background for something I would be able to distinguish the white object from transparent.

Picture for reference:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9DiZr.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9DiZr.png)

Answer: 
As of Photoshop CC 2015.5 you can now have artboards with transparent backgrounds.

Either create a new Artboard and select `Transparent` under the `Background Contents` menu or, if you have an existing artboard, simply select it in the layers panel, open up the properties windows and change the background with the `Artboard background color` dropdown. (Note that you can change the background of each individual artboard separately or change them all at once by selecting the artboards in the layer panel.)

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eJHar.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eJHar.png)
Screenshot from [5 Hidden Gems in Photoshop CC](https://youtu.be/tvGKut9yG-M?t=7)
Set artboard background

In the Properties panel (Window > Properties) for the artboard, set the desired value for Artboard Background Color field. You can also set the artboard background to transparent.