Am i able to change the color of inputted text on forms?

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For some reason, shopify defaults the input text to black, which blends with the background and cannot be seen unless hightlighted, if anyone has a solution to this it would be greatly appreciated. thank you! Custom Stencil – Eternal Rot

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Hey @DarioBusciglio

I tested this and found the fix. The upload app’s textarea isn’t inheriting your theme’s input text color.

Add this to your theme CSS. Go to Online Store → Themes → three dots → Edit code → Assets → base.css and add this at the bottom:

textarea[class*="textAreaField"] {
  color: var(--color-input-text) !important;
}

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This uses your theme’s own text color variable so it’ll adapt automatically if you ever change your color scheme.

If this worked for you, mark it as Accepted Solution so others can find it! :folded_hands:

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This element is part of the Photo upload app, so check the settings there first.
Otherwise, yes, small CSS should fix it.

I’d suggest a different code and would rather recommend to add to the “Custom CSS” setting, either in Theme Settings or settings of this section:

#photouploadapp textarea {
  color: var(--color-input-text);
}

I usually do not recommend editing theme code as this may complicate future theme updates.