# How to Dynamically change the "Value Format" of ui\_text?

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**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [10 July 2019 16:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-dynamically-change-the-value-format-of-ui-text/13116 "2019-07-10T16:46:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 July 2019 19:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-dynamically-change-the-value-format-of-ui-text/13116/5 "2019-07-10T19:32:49Z")

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Have you tried setting outer quotes (in the template) around `{{msg.color}}`?  
In case you’re not too familiar with attributes in HTML tags and the importance of double quotes, take a look at this response I wrote in another topic here: [Material design icons vs font awesome](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/11)

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