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How to change the text input color for comments in the Lifestyle-Pro theme?

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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › Design Tips and Tricks › How to change the text input color for comments in the Lifestyle-Pro theme?

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  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 7 months ago by lostintime.
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  • January 11, 2014 at 10:14 am #84625
    lostintime
    Member

    Hi everyone,

    I've just switched to the Lifestyle-Pro theme and I'm very happy with it. However, I would like to change the text input color of the comment box. In the default setting, it is a lightish grey on a white background. For some users, this is hard to read and I want to make commenting as easy as possible for them.

    I have no problem with the colors of the comments as they are displayed on the site. It's purely the input color I am concerned about. Could someone tell which css selector I have to edit (or add) in my style.css to change it to black?

    Thanks!

    http://www.buurtaal.de/blog/
    January 11, 2014 at 11:15 am #84627
    nutsandbolts
    Member

    Find this section in your stylesheet:

    input, select, textarea {
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #eeeee8;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #f8f8f8 inset;
    color: #999;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    padding: 16px;
    padding: 1.6rem;
    width: 100%;
    }

    and change color: #999; to color: #000; - that will get the text to be darker in the comment boxes, as well as any search boxes or other input fields on the site.


    Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
    I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

    January 11, 2014 at 11:31 am #84632
    lostintime
    Member

    That's brilliant Andrea – thank you very much!

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