Change the background colour of Text

All text items can be displayed against an opaque background of any colour.

  • Select the text item.
  • Right-click to open the display the Properties dialog.
  • In the All tab, set the text item’s Opaque property to True.
  • Set the colour for the text background by setting the Brush property in the Style tab of the Properties of Text dialog:

Example:

Opaque set to False

Opaque set to True