Change Field Colors Using the Color Palette
You can change a field's background or foreground color using the Frame Editor's color palette. This method has several advantages over using the Property Inspector: color settings can be applied to children of selected fields and you can set all of the color attributes with a single operation.
To change a field's background or foreground color
1. Select the field.
2. Click View, Color Palette on the Frame Editor's floating menu bar.
The Frame Editor's primary color palette appears.
3. Select or clear the Background, Foreground, Outline, or Line button appropriately.
This option's choices change, depending on what is selected:
• If the form itself is selected, only Background appears.
• For most scalar fields, the radio field displays Background, Foreground, and Outline.
• If a shape field is selected, Background and Line are displayed.
• If both shape and scalar fields are selected—for example, a button field and an ellipse—all four choices are available.
4. Select a color from one of the palettes.
Your choice is displayed in the sample box.
Note: If more than one field is selected and if these selected fields do not share the same BgColor value, the sample box does not display any color. Instead, it displays a crosshatch pattern. However, when you click the Apply button in Step 6, the chosen color is applied to all of the selected fields.
5. (Optional) Select the Apply to Children box to apply the color you have chosen to any children of the selected field.
6. Click Apply.
Your changes are applied.
Note: You may keep the Color Palette open during an entire editing session. To close the color palette, click the standard Close button (X) in the upper right corner.
For more information about changing the background color of the entire form, see
How You Can Set the Background of a Form (see
How You Can Set the Background of a Form).