# Input Text Field "Highlight" Color?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-field-highlight-color/72369>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 5, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-field-highlight-color/72369 "2004-12-05T05:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KevinCarleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e57/32.png) [@KevinCarleo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KevinCarleo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-field-highlight-color/72369/1 "2004-12-05T05:51:21Z")

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Guys,

Got an easy (?) one here. How do I change (or disable), the color of the “highlight color” on a Input Text box when a viewer hits the “Tab” key?

**Example Here** :

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**Author:** ![malidia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/malidia/32/684_2.png) [@malidia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/malidia)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-field-highlight-color/72369/2 "2006-03-30T17:07:40Z")

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I am having the same problem, i don’t any way to disable it using the TextField (object), you can set a function for on onFocus…but that’s as far as i get…

anyone?

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-field-highlight-color/72369/3 "2006-03-30T17:14:40Z")

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lol… nope, there is no easy way, you have to skin the component… this is one thing that should really be easier in the next version of Flash. We need a seperate ‘Component Skinning Studio API’. That would r0xx0rz my b0xx0rz.