Font colors

[iTurtle]

hi there,

when i define the font color in the global theme settings fonts (body and content) as
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)
i get
rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)
for the font color in a newly dropped text element on the page.

also i would like to know if i can reset the color to the defined global settings somehow. because after i changed the color to eg. red i can’t reset the color to the global settings color.

thanks a lot for clarifying! kai

[ruenel]

Hello @iTurtle,

Thanks for posting in!

I have tested the issue on my local server and I could not replicate it.

When I apply the color to a Text element, I got the same color value:

You cannot reset a Text element’s default colors globally. It may be possible manually by editing the theme files which is not recommended.

Best Regards.

[iTurtle]

hi @ruenel,

we have a lot of misunderstandings lately. i really try to put things clearly and simply. on the cost of good english

so i’ll try again:

there is a font color in the global theme settings for body and content:

of course i assume, that this font color (like the weight and font famliy and italic) would be used as a default for a new text element.

is that not so?

i dont apply any defined colors to the text. i assume that the global color will be applied automatically to a new text element.

and please read my first post (last paragraph) again. i was asking how to reset the font color (once changed) in the text element NOT in the global settings.

thanks again, kai

[ruenel]

Hello @iTurtle,

The Body and Content font color will be applied sitewide on pages/archives that are NOT built with Cornerstone. If you use Cornerstone builder to create a page or layout and have inserted a Text element, the Global font color will NOT be applied because the Text element has its own default style settings. You CANNOT reset the font color of the Text element. You will have to edit the page/s or layout/s and then change the font color of those Text elements that you have have added on the page/layout.

This is also one of the reasons why we have the Component feature which will allow the user to create a Text component with a parameter so that it can be sitewide and when an update is needed, changing the styling of the Text Component will get applied to all of the pages using the Text Component.

Hope this makes sense.