# Different styles in same textField

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**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-styles-in-same-textfield/279039 "2009-01-08T20:09:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/different-styles-in-same-textfield/279039/1 "2009-01-08T20:09:54Z")

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Hi,

I need to use two different styles for anchor tags in my textField but I can’t figure it out.

this works for all anchors:

ss.parseCSS(‘a:link{color:#0000ff; fontWeight:bold; text-decoration:none;}’);

but as soon as i do this and use a span in the text all styles go away:

ss.parseCSS(’.tester a:link{color:#0000ff; fontWeight:bold; text-decoration:none;}’);

thx