Change Label Color By Script

This applies to: Managed Dashboards, Managed Reports

This article shows you how to change a label or another component's background color using script. For example, you may want to change the color of the background of a component when it is clicked or hovered over.

Setting Up

In this example, we have a label component.

Sample label

It has the following Look properties, with a background color of #F2F2F2.

Initial label properties

Adding the Script

If you want to change the label when an action is performed, add the following script to a list in the Properties window's Actions section, such as Click:

label1.background = new dundas.controls.SolidColorBrush(new dundas.controls.Color(0xFFAAAA));

Script editor