# \[BUG-1535\] Perspective cannot change text colour of Dropdown component text

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790 "2020-08-17T03:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/1 "2020-08-17T03:56:07Z")

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v8.0.15

Maybe I’m missing something, but I can’t find where to change the text colour of the Dropdown component. E.g. below (bright colours for demonstration only). The text should be yellow according to the style, but it hasn’t changed.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/7/078aafe226aec6b7217a0b1b5f326ad7741c596e.png)

Oddly enough, changing the other text settings _does_ affect the text (strikethrough + weight = bolder):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/0/901534809c2b513450555b0e294e62319b3aee1e.png)

Additionally, setting the Shape Fill and Stroke only affects the stroke of the caron icon. Note the fill colour remains as the grey #515151 which is the default, not the light blue colour I set it to (#E7EFF6)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/0/6037a8d4e2bb013c3dcbab24b5f492bb1968eec7.png)

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**Author:** ![shabir.ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shabir.ahmed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shabir.ahmed)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/2 "2021-09-21T08:07:22Z")

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Its still same in 8.1.10 😀

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/3 "2021-09-21T09:09:15Z")

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This is the evildoer: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/e/1eafda9e3c1d7ecbf6f7b9ce40c2618f99ff804b.png)  
should kinda be defaulted by ignition, as the color assigned there serves no purpose, (also what a weird class name)

but can be fixed: change this into theme.css

```auto
.ia_dropdown __valuePill__ value {
color: unset;
}

```

or inject it into a styleclass

```auto
}.ia_dropdown __valuePill__ value {
color: unset;
}{

```

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/c/7c817c65095c15dcd23ef8891fed1e19e32b4aa3.png)

for the dropdown shape you can do the same for

```auto
.ia_dropdown__expandIcon {
 fill: unset;
}

```

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**Author:** ![shabir.ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shabir.ahmed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shabir.ahmed)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/4 "2021-09-21T09:14:50Z")

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Thanks you made my day @victordcq

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/5 "2021-09-21T09:34:31Z")

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Ah I remember asking this, back when I’re only a wee laddie! 🍀

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/6 "2021-09-21T09:36:28Z")

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Sorry i wasnt around back then 👶

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**Author:** ![shabir.ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shabir.ahmed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shabir.ahmed)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/7 "2021-09-22T07:21:10Z")

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To elaborate more, I should put snapshot under from where we can do that using VSCode:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/5/c5fcb904a7b4aa05c248881ae5a6bd8e772143f7.png)

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/8 "2021-09-22T08:48:52Z")

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You shouldn’t edit the light or dark themes themselves as youll lose any changes you make if you upgrade ignition. You will need to create a new theme and override the selector in that

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**Author:** ![shabir.ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shabir.ahmed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shabir.ahmed)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/9 "2021-09-22T09:05:58Z")

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Thanks for your input, it was 1st time i did so I wasn’t considered this point. I should define a custom theme and will use that for revisions.

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1535-perspective-cannot-change-text-colour-of-dropdown-component-text/37790/10 "2021-09-22T11:41:52Z")

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yeah im not much of a fan of the themes… if only it was easier accesable in the designer. Thats why for small things like this i use the css “injection” xd

class styles are easy to find in the designer and easy to copy to production… welh that is untill they “fix” the “injection” eventho there is no security risk to it xd hopefully never happends