# TextField background color
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 26, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689 "2002-11-26T14:14:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@thriller](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thriller)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689/1 "2002-11-26T14:14:35Z")
Is it possible to change the color of a textField. It’s an input field and I want to make the background grey
So if you know a solutions please give it to me
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689/2 "2002-11-26T14:41:46Z")
You could simply draw a grey square an place it behind the text field.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689/3 "2002-11-26T15:59:43Z")
Thanx, but I got a solution using actionscript. This is a better way, because you can change the font color as well.
I first tried youre solution, but this is better
But thanx anyway!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689/4 "2002-11-26T16:04:47Z")
Spread the knolege my friend.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689/5 "2002-11-26T16:09:05Z")
Alright here I go…
Use this code in the first frame
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## myTextField.background=1 myTextField.border=1 myTextField.backgroundColor=0x666666
name youre textfield “myTextField”
Now you have a colored textField.
I hope you get it.
🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-background-color/8689/6 "2002-11-26T23:04:43Z")
Thanks dude!
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