object:setTextColor()

Type Function
Object TextBox
Library native.*
Return value none
Revision Release 2025.3714
Keywords setTextColor, color, text
See also native.newTextBox()

Overview

Sets the color of the text in a native text input box.

Syntax

object:setTextColor( r, g, b )
object:setTextColor( r, g, b, a )
r, g, b (required)

Number. A value between 0 and 1 for red, green, and blue channels.

a (optional)

Number. A value between 0 and 1 for the alpha channel. Default is 1. This can not be changed on Windows.

Gotchas

If you are passing a table of color values to this function, the table must be unpacked so that the color values are dictated properly:

local textBox = native.newTextBox( 160, 240, 280, 140 )

local colorTable = { 1, 0, 0, 0.5 }
textBox:setTextColor( unpack(colorTable) )

Example

local textBox = native.newTextBox( 160, 240, 280, 140 )
textBox.font = native.newFont( "Helvetica-Bold", 18 )
textBox:setTextColor( 0.8, 0.8, 0.8 )
textBox.alpha = 1.0
textBox.hasBackground = false
textBox.text = "Hello World!"