# Text color in Perspective dropdown component not working?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-color-in-perspective-dropdown-component-not-working/56328>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 18, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-color-in-perspective-dropdown-component-not-working/56328 "2022-02-18T21:29:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![mesham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mesham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mesham)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-color-in-perspective-dropdown-component-not-working/56328/1 "2022-02-18T21:29:01Z")

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Hey Everyone,

I am trying to change the text color in a dropdown component in a Perspective view I am creating, but the color value seems to have no effect on the text in the dropdown. I am able to change the color of the text in the dropdownOptionStyle property and that works for the text in the dropdown itself, but once I select a value, the text that appears in the dropdown won’t change color. I can change the background color of the dropdown box itself, and the font size of the selected text in the dropdown changes, but not the color.

Am I missing something? Is there another place where I need to change this setting?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/e/3ed02dad9af3a3ac499c7b17d4d5f053b7a465fd.png)

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-color-in-perspective-dropdown-component-not-working/56328/2 "2022-02-18T21:41:22Z")

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I believe its a bug, check out this post:  
[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-text-color-property/52367](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-text-color-property/52367)

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**Author:** ![mesham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mesham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mesham)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-color-in-perspective-dropdown-component-not-working/56328/3 "2022-02-18T21:51:51Z")

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Ah, ok. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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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:** [February 18, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-color-in-perspective-dropdown-component-not-working/56328/4 "2022-02-18T22:47:30Z")

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What if you add ` !important` to the end of the colour?