how to change the input box color while using form property in shell script using dialog

Question

how to change the input box color while using form property in shell script using dialog

Answer 1

The manpage does not go into detail, but mentions configuration files. The sample configuration files in the sources use named configuration items, e.g., this chunk from sourcemage.rc:

# Input box color
inputbox_color = dialog_color

# Input box border color
inputbox_border_color = dialog_color

The values are either referencing previously-set ones, such as dialog_color:

# Dialog box color
dialog_color = (BLACK,WHITE,OFF)

or, as shown, referencing curses color-names.