# How to change ui-text background color?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-ui-text-background-color/18854>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [6 December 2019 09:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-ui-text-background-color/18854 "2019-12-06T09:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![rakgupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/rakgupta/32/42535_2.png) [@rakgupta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rakgupta)\
**Post date:** [16 January 2022 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-ui-text-background-color/18854/16 "2022-01-16T16:09:08Z")

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> [@jbudd](#):
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> Is your Node-red up to date?

Node-RED version is 1.3.3

> [@jbudd](#):
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> You can now set a custom CSS class for widgets.

Thanks - I think the example given in this thread [ui\_text change color](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-text-background-color-change/55804/6) may work. Is that what you meant?

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