# Variable-widget: can't change text attributes (style, size,color...)

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125>\
**Category:** Support, Troubleshooting, & Help\
**Created:** [February 25, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125 "2026-02-25T08:20:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ChrisF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@ChrisF](https://community.tulip.co/u/ChrisF)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125/1 "2026-02-25T08:20:40Z")

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Hi,  
why is it not possible to change/use all the default text attributes when using an array as variable widget datasource?

Regards Chris

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**Author:** ![thorsten.langner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@thorsten.langner](https://community.tulip.co/u/thorsten.langner)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125/2 "2026-02-25T08:31:40Z")

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What do you mean? I can’t see a difference…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/3/34160c14677757b444b3765f209dcd400ee022c5.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/a/a58185ca12a10114bbbdd43f89e56df566904042.png)

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**Author:** ![ChrisF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@ChrisF](https://community.tulip.co/u/ChrisF)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125/3 "2026-02-25T08:46:51Z")

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Hi Thorsten,  
not here:  
Using this

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/9/98709aba320eac7c3beeaf9cf6bcfcdf3949787e.png)

No text attributes:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/b/b526a14934c2b26c8f47b90e5a172d9cbc67f33b.png)

When changing the data source from a normal text variable to an array all text attributs are gone

Regards Chris

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**Author:** ![ChrisF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@ChrisF](https://community.tulip.co/u/ChrisF)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125/4 "2026-02-25T08:52:59Z")

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The different is: you are using both a Text (TT) variable, I’m using an object array {}

Chris

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**Author:** ![thorsten.langner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@thorsten.langner](https://community.tulip.co/u/thorsten.langner)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125/5 "2026-02-25T09:16:42Z")

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Ahhhh. I see.  
This is not about Text and Array. This is about Object and (especially) object array!

This is a table like display.  
You would need something like in the object variable, to style the Labels and the Values.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/3/344f0c0d615c124e2e72cb7801779da09b6a95e4.png)

I almost only use table widgets for this type so I never recognized the lack…

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**Author:** ![ChrisF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@ChrisF](https://community.tulip.co/u/ChrisF)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/variable-widget-cant-change-text-attributes-style-size-color/16125/6 "2026-02-25T12:02:14Z")

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For me it’s easier to use the variable widget for debug information (variable, array, object-array) because I can switch between all needed informationen.  
A table widget is too special for me

Chris