# Input text boxes displaying the wrong color
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 26, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222 "2002-10-26T02:56:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@shuga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shuga)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/1 "2002-10-26T02:56:36Z")
[http://home.attbi.com/~xsleeperx2/as/as.fla](http://home.attbi.com/~xsleeperx2/as/as.fla)
in the bottom left there is a button that says machine info, it’s supposed to display text from a script but instead it shows up invisible. i can select it although it doesn highlight and copy it so i know the script is working b/c the text is there … but i can’t see it ☹
any ideas anyone?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/2 "2002-10-26T03:08:03Z")
You are trying to mask dynamic text.
That doesn’t work per say. There is a workaround. In the properties panel of the text box (select the text box and hit CTRL+F3 to open the panel) click on the button that says “Character…” Now choose to embed the font outline for all characters.
The problem is now fixed.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/3 "2002-10-26T04:02:19Z")
you’re a genius beta … thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/4 "2002-10-26T04:03:48Z")
I’m not a genius, I believe it was david (or was it Montoya) that taught me that a while back.
OH yeah, and I learned first hand the fonts that start with an underscore ( \_ ), don’t work with masking either.
Like the font \_typewriter or fonts like that. There is no way to get those to show in a mask. Even if they are static.
Weird bug, but it is there.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/5 "2002-10-26T04:05:01Z")
thanks whoever taught beta that trick 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/6 "2002-10-26T04:06:05Z")
I like that pattern thing in your footer. is that Actionscripted or tweened?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/7 "2002-10-26T04:07:24Z")
both
its a symbol that is tweened … then duplicated in a circle 🙂
then set to take a random color onClipEvent(enterFrame){
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/8 "2002-10-26T04:09:36Z")
Ohh, very cool :beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/9 "2002-10-26T04:10:58Z")
i’m sure i said this when you first put your new footer on but it rocks!
i have no idea how to do that but i really want to learn to make something like it
anyway … off to a party … thanks very much for the help 🙂
have a good night
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-boxes-displaying-the-wrong-color/7222/10 "2002-10-26T04:12:33Z")
My footer is just this tutorial
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/followease.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/followease.asp)
But only follows the \_xmouse, and has some if statements to keep it from scrolling off the showing area.
Have fun at the party 🙂