# Vision Checkbox colors **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [January 13, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-checkbox-colors/100815 "2025-01-13T18:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-checkbox-colors/100815/4 "2025-01-18T01:42:09Z")
> [@dkhayes117](#): > > My advice is to avoid going down this unsupported rabbit hole. I remember reading @dkhayes117's exploits in this rabbit hole back when I was going down it myself. I developed a lot of cool approaches to the problem here: [Check Mark Box is not Visible it is Transparent](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6531-the-check-mark-box-is-not-visible-it-is-transparent-in-ignition-version-8-1-17/63435) _...none of which have I ever used in production_ 🤣 If you need custom colors on a checkbox component, my recommendation would be to simply make a template. In reality, a checkbox component is nothing more than a button with two icons. Make a couple of shapes: one that represents an unchecked box, and one that represents the check. Then, simply bind the fill colors to an external property on the template, and inversely toggle everything with a mouse event. **Example:** [checkbox.zip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/1WzQ6nFW0MIHVjH7MbTbOd0WnAs.zip) (4.0 KB) **Result:** ![checkbox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/d/5dd55d90bb7691c665a2cb9ddb7ce5e8fb2c9ce1.gif) The example template has external properties that allow the user to set the selected background, unselected background, and checkmark colors. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-checkbox-colors/100815)._