---
title: "How Do I Change the Color of Objects within a Lasernet Form?"
slug: "how-do-i-change-the-colour-of-objects-within-a-lasernet-form"
description: "Lasernet has a number of different methods for changing the color of objects in the Forms Editor. This article explains how to use these methods."
tags: ["JavaScript", "Lasernet"]
updated: 2025-11-06T10:18:38Z
published: 2025-11-06T10:18:38Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/how-do-i-change-the-colour-of-objects-within-a-lasernet-form"
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# How Do I Change the Color of Objects within a Lasernet Form?

Lasernet has a number of different methods for changing the color of objects in the Forms Editor.

## Default Colors in Lasernet

Lasernet uses five default colors: red, green, blue, white, and black. However, HEX color codes can be used to specify a greater range of colors. For example, a light orange using the hex code #fadda2.

## Change the Font Color

The text color in rearranges and text boxes can be easily changed in the text box properties.

To change the text color, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the text to open the object properties window.
2. Click the **Fonts** tab.
3. Click the **Color** button. The **Choose color** window opens. You can use the following methods to select a color:
  - Click a color in the **Basic colors** area.
  - Click **Pick Screen Color** and then click the crosshairs anywhere (to use the color of that screen pixel).
  - Click a color in the color selection square and then drag the adjacent vertical bar to lighten or darken the color.
  - Use the **Hue**, **Sat**, and **Val** settings.
  - Use the **Red**, **Green**, and **Blue** settings.
  - Use the **HTML** box to specify a color hex code.

![The Choose color window over the Fonts tab of the Edit Rearrange window.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/choose color.png)

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> Tip
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> Enter a hex code for a basic color (**#ff0000** for red, **#00ff00** for green, or **#0000ff** for blue) into the HTML box, and then use the other controls in the window to alter the color to your requirements.

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> Tip
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> The [Automatically Vary Text and Shape Colours on Each Sheet of a Form via Scripting](/v1/docs/how-do-i-change-the-colour-of-objects-within-a-lasernet-form#automatically-vary-text-and-shape-colours-on-each-sheet-of-a-form-via-scripting) method requires you to specify colors as hex codes. You can use the **Choose color** window to select the color you want to use, and then you can copy its hex code from the **HTML** box.

## Add a Border, Background, or Both to Text

Within the **Border** tab, there are **Border** and **Fill** areas. To add a border, background, or both to text, follow these steps:

1. Click the **Border** tab.
2. In the **Border** area, you can select a **Color** and line **Width** for each side of the form object.
3. In the **Fill** area, you can select a background **Color**. You can also specify a **Margin**, which determines how far outside the form object’s box the fill color spreads.

![The Border tab for a form object.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/set border and martin.png)
4. Click **Preview** to check the effect of your changes. Click **OK** to apply them to the form object.

## Change the Color of a Rearrange via Scripting

To change the color of a rearrange, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the rearrange, open the **Objects** tab, and enter an **Input object** name in the text box.
2. Select the **Script** checkbox to activate the text box in the bottom right-hand corner, where the script text can be written.

![The Objects tab of the Edit Rearrange windows with annotates to indicate how to specify a script to run.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-GVYIF8QD.png)

```plaintext
//To set the text colour (To use hex replace red with the hex code i.e. 0xFF0000 is red).
CurrentRearrange.color = red;
//To set the background colour.
CurrentOutputRearrange.backgroundColor = blue;
//To set the text box border colour.
CurrentOutputRearrange.borderColor = red;
```

## Automatically Vary Text and Shape Colours on Each Sheet of a Form via Scripting

You can use scripting and Sheet Start modifier points to vary aspects of text and shape style (such as color) on every sheet of a form.

For example, your form might consist of three sheets that must have the same overall design but must each apply a specific color to their text and shape content. To achieve this, you can follow this process:

1. Create a master sheet, which contains the document design.
2. Create text styles and shape styles that apply specific styling to the text and shapes in the design.
3. Apply the master sheet to the three sheets that Lasernet will output, so that each sheet inherits the master sheet's design.
4. Create scripting functions that change the color that the text and shape styles apply. These functions take a color parameter and modify the styles to use that color.
5. Add scripting code (that calls the functions) to the Sheet Start modifier point for each sheet. Before it processes each sheet, Lasernet will run the functions that you created.

Follow the instructions in the following sections to complete this process.

### 1. Create a Master Sheet and Apply Styles to Text and Shapes

Follow these steps:

1. Create a form. The default sheet will be used as the master sheet. Change that sheet’s **Name** to **Master**.
2. On this sheet, create the form design that will be applied to the color-specific sheets. In the example below, the sheet design contains a text label, a rearrange (that uses text from the input document), a rectangle (whose border color will change), and a rounded rectangle (whose fill color will change).

![A form sheet labeled Master and with a text label, a rearrange, and two shapes in the form design area.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/create master sheet.png)

### 2. Create and Then Apply Styles to Text and Shapes

Follow these steps:

1. In the form design, click the text label.
2. In the **Styles** dropdown area, create a text style called **FontColour** to control the color of the text label and the rearrange. It is not important which color the style applies, because the script will change the text color on the other sheets.

![The Form Editor window with a text label selected and the Styles dropdown list visible.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/create text style(2).png)
3. Double-click the text label, and then in the **Edit Rearrange** window, select that text style from the **Style name** list on the **Fonts** tab. Click **O****k**.

![The Fonts tab of the Edit Rearrange window for a text label, with a red rectangle highlighting the Style Name property.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/apply style to text.png)
4. Double-click the input data rearrange and then apply the text style to it. Click **O****k**.

![The Fonts tab of the Edit Rearrange window for a data rearrange, with a red rectangle highlighting the Style Name property.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/apply style to rearrange.png)
5. Click the rectangle. In the **Styles** dropdown area, create a shape style called **FrameColour** to control the border color of the rectangle.

![A rectangle is selected in the Form Editor design area and the Styles dropdown menu is visible.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/create framecolour style(2).png)
6. Double-click the rectangle, and then in the **Edit Shape** window, select that shape style from the **Style name** list on the **Shape** tab. Click **O****k**.

![A red rectangle highlighting the Style Name property on the Shape page of the Edit Shape window.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/apply style to shape.png)
7. Click the rounded rectangle. In the **Styles** dropdown area, create a shape style called **ShadeColour** to control the fill color of the rounded rectangle.
8. Double-click the rounded rectangle, and then in the **Edit Shape** window, select that shape style from the **Style name** list on the **Shape** tab. Click **O****k**.

### 3. Apply the Master Sheet to Other Sheets

Follow these steps:

1. Create the color-specific sheets that will generate output documents. In the following example, these sheets (see 1 in the image below) are named **Red**, **Green**, and **Blue**.

![A number-annotated screenshot of the Form Editor that indicates three new sheet tabs and the Master Sheet tab of Sheet Options window.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/master sheet options.png)
2. In the **Sheet Options** window for each sheet, click the **Master Sheet** tab.
3. Select **Enable master processing** (2).
4. Use the **Form** (3) and **Sheet** (4) lists to select the master sheet that you created.
5. Click **O****k**. The master sheet’s design is now applied to the sheet that you created.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the other sheets.
7. Save and then close the form.

### 4. Create a Scripting Function that Modifies Text and Shape Styles

Follow these steps:

1. In Lasernet Developer, click **Scripts** in the **Tools** menu.
2. Create a new script. Set its **Name** to **Set Global Colour**.
3. Right-click the new script, then click **Edit**.

![The Scripts tool in Lasernet Developer, with the Set Global Colour script selected and the mouse pointer over the Edit menu item.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/edit script.png)
4. In the Lasernet Script Editor window, paste in the following code. This code creates two functions: `setSheetColour(colorString)` and `setSheetShadingColour(colorString)`.

```javascript
function setSheetColour(colorString)
{
	//the hex value for the required colour is passed into the script via variable colorString
	var mycolor = new Color(); 
	mycolor.setRgb(colorString);
	//sets the RGB property for the variable
	
	//change the global font colour that uses the style called FontColour
	var globalFont = form.fontStyle("FontColour");
	globalFont.color = mycolor;
	
	//Changes the global frame colour for shapes using the style FrameColour
	var globalShape = form.shapeStyle("FrameColour");
	globalShape.lineColor = mycolor;
	//globalShape.fillColor = mycolor;	
}

function setSheetShadingColour(colorString)
{
	//the hex value for the required colour is passed into the script via variable colorString
	var mycolor = new Color(); 
	mycolor.setRgb(colorString);
	//sets the RGB property for the variable
	
	//Changes the global frame colour for shapes using the style FrameColour
	var globalShape = form.shapeStyle("ShadeColour");
	globalShape.lineColor = mycolor;
	globalShape.fillColor = mycolor;	
}
```

![The Lasernet Script Editor window with the scripting code pasted into the upper area.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/script window.png)
5. In the Lasernet Script Editor window, click **Save**.
6. Close the window. You can now use the script in your new form.

### 5. Run that Scripting Function at Each Sheet's Sheet Start Modifier Point

Follow these steps:

1. Return to the form that you created earlier.
2. In the **Form Editor** window, select **Modifiers** in the **Form** menu (see 1 in the image below).![A number annotated screenshot that supports instructions on how to add script modifiers to the form.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/add script modifiers.png)
3. In the **Form Modifiers** window, click **Add** (2).
4. In the **Add modifier to form** window, click **Script** (3) in the **Type** row.
5. Select **Red** (4) from the **Container** list. This example assumes that the output sheets are named **Red**, **Green**, and **Blue**.
6. Select **Sheet Start** (5) from the **Sheet point** list.
7. Use the **Filter** box (6) to search for **setsheet**. Lasernet finds the `setSheetColour(colorString)` and `setSheetShadingColour(colorString)` functions within the **Set Global Colour** script.
8. Drag `setSheetColour(colorString)` to the script area (7).
9. In the script area, change `colourstring` to `"<hex color code>"`. Use a hex color code that is correct for the sheet that the script modifier will be manipulating. For example, `setSheetColour("0xFF0000")` for red.
10. Click **Ok** (8). Lasernet saves the script modifier in the **Red** > **Sheet Start** part of the modifier point list.
11. Repeat steps 3 to 10 for the `setSheetShadingColour(colorString)` function for the **Red** sheet.
12. Repeat steps 3 to 11 until you have created two modifiers each for the **Green** and **Blue** sheets to run the `setSheetColour(colorString)` and `setSheetShadingColour(colorString)` functions at the Sheet Start point for those sheets..
13. Click **OK** to close the **Form Modifiers** window.

You can click **Preview** for each sheet to test the effect of the script on that sheet’s styling.

![The Output Preview window for a form sheet.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/sheet preview(1).png)