# \#define and fontcolour don't work? (resolved)

**URL:** <https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/define-and-fontcolour-dont-work-resolved/190>\
**Category:** Cabbage slugs\
**Created:** [31 March 2016 14:30 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/define-and-fontcolour-dont-work-resolved/190 "2016-03-31T14:30:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Codesound](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Codesound](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Codesound)\
**Post date:** [31 March 2016 14:30 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/define-and-fontcolour-dont-work-resolved/190/1 "2016-03-31T14:30:44Z")

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Hi,

I would like to set the widgets font colour by using the #define but the “fontcolour” identifier don’t changes the color of the widget. Is a bug or what’s I wrong?

many thanks,

R

[define.csd](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/uploads/default/original/1X/9553b9f64ad35217bffc799db493a49850f6adf6.csd) (867 Bytes)

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [31 March 2016 15:06 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/define-and-fontcolour-dont-work-resolved/190/2 "2016-03-31T15:06:14Z")

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You’ve hit something that’s bothered me for a while. To change the colour of the slider’s label font, you must use textcolour(). fontcolour() specifies the colour of the textbox. It’s always seems a little backwards to me. I would like to change it around, but if I change it may alter some existing instruments. Still, it would be nice have the consistency across all widgets.