# Background color of combobox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-color-of-combobox/302252>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 24, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-color-of-combobox/302252 "2009-12-24T09:01:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![noobie123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ad7895/32.png) [@noobie123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noobie123)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-color-of-combobox/302252/1 "2009-12-24T09:01:09Z")

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Is there a way to change the background color of a combo box in as3? I tried

combo1.setStyle(“backgroundColor”, “0xFF0000”);

but it didn’t work!