# Changing text color, program bug or ignorance of my side? **URL:** \ **Category:** LayOut\ **Tags:** layout\ **Created:** [June 30, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104 "2025-06-30T14:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AnnoNiem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/annoniem/32/181618_2.png) [@AnnoNiem](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AnnoNiem)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/1 "2025-06-30T14:05:30Z")
So i gave LO another try, butt already found something buggy, or i am doing it wrong? Tried to change the color of part of a text, but somehow it only accepts one number at a time? When i try to input the number 245 to the red spectrum, it only accepts the 2 and adds the 45 to the selcrted text? Same goes for the 185 green spectrum and 175 for the blue spectrum, so in stead of typing 3 numbers, one has to type each number seperately? Hopefully the animation below better illustrates what I mean to say: ![LO change color bug](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/6/d62188312dc4221864354dbb3d933c44d03406b4.gif) Is this a bug in the program or is it a fault in my workflow or something different? šŸ¤” PS this was in LO22 ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![bmike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmike/32/225451_2.png) [@bmike](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/2 "2025-06-30T14:07:28Z")
That looks like a focus bug where the values entered change back to the drawing space. I donā€™t see that on Macā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/3 "2025-06-30T14:09:00Z")
This is what I get in LO2025. ![color](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/b/dbc47e8d00c86eea93a12f5e2183a3fdc90666af.gif) ---
**Author:** ![francisquitof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/francisquitof/32/191263_2.png) [@francisquitof](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/francisquitof)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/4 "2025-06-30T14:09:26Z")
Can you share the file so we can try it, I canā€™t replicate it on windows or Mac as well. ---
**Author:** ![bmike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmike/32/225451_2.png) [@bmike](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/5 "2025-06-30T14:13:47Z")
Maybe reply to @AnnoNiem ---
**Author:** ![AnnoNiem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/annoniem/32/181618_2.png) [@AnnoNiem](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AnnoNiem)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/6 "2025-06-30T14:13:59Z")
Thanks for testing. Could it be since i try to change the size and color of just a part (ā€œ1.ā€) of a full sentence (ā€œ1. Bezonningsdiagrammenā€)? Would you be so kind to test that also? Or should i split this sentence in two parts, one part per size/color/etc? šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![bmike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmike/32/225451_2.png) [@bmike](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/7 "2025-06-30T14:14:43Z")
Iā€™m not on windows - but what happens if you click into the text box and only color the 4? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/8 "2025-06-30T14:21:14Z")
It works for me to select just the number and change the RGB value but it appears that the text in a single text box cannot have multiple colors so ā€¦ > [@AnnoNiem](#): > > Or should i split this sentence in two parts, one part per size/color/etc? At least one color per text box seems to be the fix. You can have different text sizes in a single text box however. ---
**Author:** ![AnnoNiem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/annoniem/32/181618_2.png) [@AnnoNiem](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AnnoNiem)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/9 "2025-06-30T14:41:42Z")
Weird, so this should not be possible? šŸ˜‰ ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/4/9/49b8f390a71d08553483629350e08b25902141c5.png) All in one textline: different fonts, different sizes, different colors, underline, italic, normal, bold šŸ˜‡ ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/10 "2025-06-30T14:43:23Z")
Weird indeed. I couldnā€™t make that work on my machine. Probably still best and easier to manage with separate text boxes. ---
**Author:** ![bmike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmike/32/225451_2.png) [@bmike](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/11 "2025-06-30T14:46:00Z")
![Screenshot 2025-06-30 at 16.45.48](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/b/3b09f8cf8f91304fae27655a6bddcddf5eec2af4.jpeg) Mac, LO 2025 ---
**Author:** ![AnnoNiem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/annoniem/32/181618_2.png) [@AnnoNiem](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AnnoNiem)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/12 "2025-06-30T14:53:17Z")
I just began, so this ā€˜soon to be my first lo templateā€™ is a work in progress šŸ˜‰ Hoppa, 10,5 MB work in progress layout file with 5 pages only? (my full word template is a stunning 122Kb with 20 pages šŸ¤“ ) Shared with Wetransfer, available untill 3 july 2025: [Unique Download Link | WeTransfer](https://we.tl/t-mq5A7FD0qc) ---
**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/14 "2025-06-30T20:09:32Z")
While we are at it, how about a FR for a right-click menu option to reset all character formatting changes applied to a text box. My pet peeve not only in LayOut but some other applications as well. ---
**Author:** ![AnnoNiem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/annoniem/32/181618_2.png) [@AnnoNiem](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AnnoNiem)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-text-color-program-bug-or-ignorance-of-my-side/333104/15 "2025-07-01T07:37:00Z")
I had a dream last night ā€¦ i used the wrong version of LO yesterday šŸ˜“ This morning i tried to use LO2025, and so far no issues editting fonts there šŸ„³ ![LO25 editting text works ok](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/9/69817658f155aa11c693a3bffe23f5c3424ebebc.gif) The issue was/is with LO22, which i used due to the fact i still preffer/forced using Sketchup22. Also, after ā€˜transformingā€™ the LO22 file to LO2025, and adding 15 pages, LO2025 reduced the size to almost 2MB! šŸ¤” So thanks to all who tried to solve this issue!