# Foreground color of non-editable numeric text field is constant?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/foreground-color-of-non-editable-numeric-text-field-is-constant/40134>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/foreground-color-of-non-editable-numeric-text-field-is-constant/40134 "2020-10-29T14:35:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/foreground-color-of-non-editable-numeric-text-field-is-constant/40134/1 "2020-10-29T14:35:11Z")

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I have a numeric text field that is just a calculation of two other text fields, so I don’t want it to be editable. It’s part of a window showing financial information, do want it to be red if it’s a number less than 0, or black otherwise.

But when I make it not editable, no matter what the text is just the grayed out color. Is there a to format the foreground color of non-editable numeric text fields? Using Ignition 8.0.12.

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**Author:** ![schenk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@schenk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/schenk)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/foreground-color-of-non-editable-numeric-text-field-is-constant/40134/2 "2020-10-29T14:43:03Z")

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If you don’t plan on allowing editing, you should be able to switch it to a numeric label instead and bind the color to its value.