Rectangle looks white, cannot change to black

[ittechguy]

Dumb question. When drawing a new rectangle object, it looks white. When I change it to black, it still looks white. The only thing that makes it actually look black is to make it much thicker.



How can I fix this?

[ItsMe]

Maybe the BackStyle or the BackColor properties need to be adjusted? I know you said you changed it, but I do not know what you changed and I believe these are the properties that need the attention.

[CJ_London]

is to make it much thicker.

sounds like you are playing with the border thickness

[ittechguy]

Its weird. I've tried setting backcolor and backstyle, they do nothing. The only thing that works to show black is if I set the borderwidth to 3. Anything less and it is white.

[ItsMe]

Your control could be bonkers. Maybe delete the control and replace it?

If you add a new control to your form, what is the default name? Is it Box232? When I am editing my objects, like a form, I try to pay attention to how many changes, additions, etc. I make.

If I have a history of adding 100 controls to a form, I will start to contemplate rebuilding the form by copying the controls and VBA to a new form.

[ittechguy]

Weird. I've tried on two different forms, with the same results. I've deleted the control, and re-added, same thing.

Yes, it is the default name like box54 or whatever.

[ItsMe]

Yes, it is the default name like box54 or whatever.

The part I look at is the number, 54. When the default starts getting above 100, I expect to see corruption.

Are you using a Form Template in the Access Options > Object Designers ?

Also, maybe there is an issue with your Office Themes. Can you remove stuff from other properties of the control where the property uses a color? For instance, click in the border color and remove EXVERTHING to replace it with 0 and replace the other color with maybe 255.

Aside from that, the only advice I can offer at this moment is to see if the issue persists in another new blank Access file.