Changing the color of the content in a text field.

[bmont]

I am trying to change some of the text in the content property of a textfield via the inspector. I select the text and then do the following:

I select the Text menu item and then the Color submenu item.

However, I only see six basic colors plus the pen color.

Does anyone know how to change the color of the text to any other color without reverting to Transcript code?

BTW, What is the pen color?

[malte]

The pencolor can be set using the tools palette. Make sure it is expanded. (click on the small triangle at the bottom of the tools palette) You should see the paint tools now. Click on the small pen icon (tSecond from left, bottom most) and select a color. You might need to double click to bring up the color chooser indead of a predefined palette. Now if you choose pen color from the text menu it will use the color you have chosen.

Hope that helps,

Malte

[Mark]

Hi,

If you know how RGB values work, you can use the message box:

set the textColor of fld 1 to "100,0,100"
set the textColor of fld 1 to purple
set the textColor of fld 1 to empty

Best,

Mark