# Sub item in menu component doesn't detect color field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 31, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554 "2019-10-31T13:59:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554/1 "2019-10-31T13:59:50Z")

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Hi  
When I create sub menu in menu component and add color : #77777 property in the icon category, menu doesn't create color picker for the item and doesn't change color.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/11d01de9eb773f2ca49204122ce0a416d27383ea.png)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554/2 "2019-10-31T15:07:05Z")

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What version are you using? I can’t reproduce on 8.0.6/8.0.7, so I’m pretty sure this is a fixed bug.

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**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554/3 "2019-10-31T15:09:26Z")

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Hi  
I use 8.0.3.  
by the way it’s nice if we have style for color of icon.

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**Author:** ![Tim.Johnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tim.johnson/32/10597_2.png) [@Tim.Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim.Johnson)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554/4 "2024-02-11T16:16:45Z")

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@paul-griffith has this bug been regressed at some point? I'm using ver 8.1.22 and when I use a hex color string (eg: `#ffffff`), it does not show the color picker.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/2/82da4266395f452e97538688f038ece249cb1293.png)

I've added a broader [Feature Request](https://inductiveautomation.canny.io/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/perspective-manual-parameter-type-or-type-inheritance) for this, along with:

- View path picker
- Icon path picker
- Tag path picker
- Image path picker
- ...

including inheritance through a property binding connection.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-item-in-menu-component-doesnt-detect-color-field/29554/5 "2024-02-12T16:06:51Z")

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You get the color picker if the "schema" behind the particular property editor says "x.y.z.color is a type: color property".  
So it won't show up for arbitrary custom properties, no matter what you name them, but it _should_ show up for all first party properties where you enter a color. That's the bug that I was alluding to in my earlier post.

Since it sounds like you're asking for the ability to define a custom schema _for arbitrary properties_, which would be a new feature, you're actually asking for something that we're already tracking internally; see:

> [@\[IGN-1537\]Perspective Component param tooltips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1537-perspective-component-param-tooltips/53226):
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> Is there any way that we can supply these tooltips for our own View custom params? If not, can this be added as a feature? This would be invaluable for passing resources around to other colleagues (and even yourself 6months down the track when your well-named param at the time isn’t so obvious now confused ) [image]