# Change color of textbox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-color-of-textbox/74878>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 3, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-color-of-textbox/74878 "2005-01-03T17:57:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mad\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mad\_man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mad_man)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-color-of-textbox/74878/1 "2005-01-03T17:57:23Z")

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hello,  
if my text box has htmlText enabled how can i change the color of the text wen i add text to it through AS?

\<P ALIGN=‘LEFT’\>\<font color=‘blue’\>\</font\>\</p\>

wont work. can it be because of \<p\>?

and also another question is there a way to change the bg color of a textbox just regularly without AS?