# Combobox Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-text/14864>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 3, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-text/14864 "2003-03-03T19:53:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![billwatson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@billwatson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/billwatson)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-text/14864/1 "2003-03-03T19:53:34Z")

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Hi

I can set the color of the text in a combo box in a number of ways but what I want to do is set the text color on a line by line basis.

e.g. list item Oranges …i want text orange  
next item Grass…I want text green

Any ideas as to how I might go about achieving this ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-text/14864/2 "2003-03-03T20:09:10Z")

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i don’t think you can.

and if you can it would be quite complicated.

i would just make your own combobox and put in it the symbols you want with the colors you want. it’s just like making a menu. besides, that way you have more control over the look and feel of it

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-text/14864/3 "2003-03-03T21:56:18Z")

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thanks…yes that sounds like the way to go