# Change border color to text input node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-border-color-to-text-input-node/13288>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [15 July 2019 08:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-border-color-to-text-input-node/13288 "2019-07-15T08:25:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [13 July 2022 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-border-color-to-text-input-node/13288/10 "2022-07-13T15:30:14Z")

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If you look a bit closer - at the end of that solution is this...

> [@Dashboard element css classes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-element-css-classes/46447/2):
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> but I agree, having the ability to specify an additional `class` or classes on the UI items like button and label etc would simplify this somewhat.

That comment was some time ago and custom classes are now supported in dashboard - so while the above still works (it is valid CSS after all) there is a more elegant solution using classes now.

hope that helps.

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