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CarrieEaton's avatar
CarrieEaton
Community Member
3 years ago

Theme color in Rise for URLs

I love the new themes, but when I add links to URLs, that text is the accent color selected for the theme. Our accent colors are often light, so this text is unreadable on screen once I add the link. I can select the text, and the text settings box comes up, but though I choose black, the text remains the accent color. Am I missing something simple, I hope?

  • KarlMuller's avatar
    KarlMuller
    Community Member

    Hi Carrie,

    You need to apply the link formatting before you add the link.

  • CarrieEaton's avatar
    CarrieEaton
    Community Member

    Hmmm....so since the text was already black, the default color for the text, I just applied the link, and it turned the light accent color.

    Per your suggestion, I selected the text, formatted it black (which it already was), and then added the link.

    So now the text is black/readable, and the link is active However, the the underline indicating to the learner that it's a link is still the light accent color so not noticeable, and if I select that text now, my only choices are to edit or unlink the text....no way to add an underline....?

    • KarlMuller's avatar
      KarlMuller
      Community Member

      Hi Carrie,

      Select the text to which a link will be applied.

      Manually select underline.

      Format the text color, bold, etc.

      Then add the link.

  • CarrieEaton's avatar
    CarrieEaton
    Community Member

    Aha, need to do all the edits first. Somehow this doesn't seem intuitive to me...seems like the formatting that it's a link, ie underlining, should happen when I insert the link. And the color of the text should be editable.

    So I guess really my question is more about how the accent color is  used in a theme and when/where/if it can be over-ridden.

    But then it's Friday afternoon, so my 'intuitive' is probably pretty thin right now! ;-)

    Thanks for your help, Karl. Have a good weekend

  • Thanks for asking this already, Carrie. Now I just had to search for the issue.

    Kind regards

    Erik