Change the color of text of TextArea

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Just need a simple way to set the color of text in a TextArea object. Preferably programmatically, thanks!

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for example

colors=['red', 'green','blue']
text_area_1.foreground=random.choice(colors)
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Thanks @joinlook. :slight_smile:

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@joinlook, as a bonus… how do you know the list of available colors? Is there a way to set from a hex value as well?

:slight_smile:

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yes any hex value in this format
‘#ffffff’

also text_area.foreground=‘rgba(100,20,30, .8)’

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Thank you so much! @joinlook