fill the background of a text box in illustrator

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January 5, 2025
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Hello,

I'm using the latest version of illustrator, and I can't find how to add a background color to a text box (not the text itself, but it's background). In previous versions there was a menubar at the top with all the possibilities and here i can't see anything like it.

I would appreciate your help.

Thank you

How-to

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

In previous versions there was a menubar at the top with all the possibilities and here i can't see anything like it.

You probably mean the Control panel (which can be turned on in the Window menu), but in that panel there have never been controls for applying colours to only the paths of area type objects.

You are probably confusing it with InDesign.

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talma_9336Author

Participant

Thank you Kurt. I guess you are right and that I should be doing this specific thing in InDesign.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Deselect the text box.

Use the Direct Selection Tool (A) to select the edge of the text box and give it a fill.

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talma_9336Author

Participant

thank you very much for your answer! it is realy hard though to select exactly the frame as I can't see it before selecting, is there a way to see it when hovering?

in some of the text boxes I can't select it.

_scott__

Legend

...just click-drag across where you know a text box corner is. Or swtich to Outline Mode (Command/Ctrl+y) and select the box then switch back to Preview (Command/Ctrl+y again).

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