# Setting background colour on dashboard button

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-background-colour-on-dashboard-button/28063>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [9 June 2020 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-background-colour-on-dashboard-button/28063 "2020-06-09T14:39:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ceejm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@ceejm1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ceejm1)\
**Post date:** [9 June 2020 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-background-colour-on-dashboard-button/28063/1 "2020-06-09T14:39:51Z")

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Hello,

According to the information panel this should set the background colour of the button... but it doesn't.. What am I missing?

Thanks

`[{"id":"6ec46a0a.8b8e1c","type":"ui_button","z":"8aa32e16.69841","name":"","group":"776b3bea.a4185c","order":0,"width":"19","height":"1","passthru":false,"label":"","tooltip":"","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","topic":"","x":650,"y":840,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"3fa54713.e083e8","type":"change","z":"8aa32e16.69841","name":"","rules":[{"t":"move","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"background","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":350,"y":860,"wires":[["6ec46a0a.8b8e1c","621b2c2f.7b8344"]]},{"id":"621b2c2f.7b8344","type":"debug","z":"8aa32e16.69841","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":true,"complete":"background","targetType":"msg","x":690,"y":920,"wires":[]},{"id":"89290970.f3139","type":"inject","z":"8aa32e16.69841","name":"","topic":"","payload":"red","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":110,"y":840,"wires":[["3fa54713.e083e8"]]},{"id":"2f50471b.cd0e3","type":"inject","z":"8aa32e16.69841","name":"","topic":"","payload":"green","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":110,"y":880,"wires":[["3fa54713.e083e8"]]},{"id":"776b3bea.a4185c","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"RCU-1 On-Air","tab":"5733254b.02aef4","order":1,"disp":false,"width":"19","collapse":false},{"id":"5733254b.02aef4","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"RCU-1","icon":"dashboard","order":1,"disabled":false,"hidden":false}]`

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**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Post date:** [9 June 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-background-colour-on-dashboard-button/28063/2 "2020-06-09T16:05:41Z")

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You are missing very little 🙂

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/9/395c4885a6c56dee57d933804e1f9a41a88d2951.png)

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**Author:** ![ceejm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@ceejm1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ceejm1)\
**Post date:** [9 June 2020 20:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-background-colour-on-dashboard-button/28063/3 "2020-06-09T20:51:59Z")

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Bingo!! Thank you very much!

Cheers  
James

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2020 20:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-background-colour-on-dashboard-button/28063/4 "2020-07-09T20:52:10Z")

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