Updating label color

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Godot Version

4,2

Question

Hi everyone! I’m trying to update a label font color as the game is running and the player collects stuff, i created a function on the ui scene:

func set_label_color(unit, color):
    if unit > 3:
        label.add_theme_color_override("font_color", color)

I then call this everytime the player collects anything on the game script by calling the function (with two variables on the main game scene:

func _on_baloon_body_entered(body):
   #more code
   ui.set_label_color(player.balloons, white)

I’ve tried several ways but none seem to work. the only help i could find online seemed to use the function add_color_override() which appears to be obsolete. Any clues?

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Control.add_theme_color_override() should work as long as you don’t have a Label.label_settings resource which will take precedence over the theme.

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Thanks for your response!
I don’t afaik. i just assigned the label to a variable (label) on the ui scene and the color to another to turn it white via function call (it’s set by default light yellow) within the main level scene

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What renderer are you using ? I noticed in Compatibility, the font stays black.

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You can do self["theme_override_colors/font_color"] = Color.BLACK or set("theme_override_colors/font_color", Color.BLACK)

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im mid beginner on godot, wow how do you found this idea, i’ve never seen a formulation like that one