# Field Shadings on Collabora CODE

**URL:** <https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/field-shadings-on-collabora-code/1670>\
**Category:** Writer\
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**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/field-shadings-on-collabora-code/1670 "2023-03-07T20:49:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Petter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Petter](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/Petter)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/field-shadings-on-collabora-code/1670/1 "2023-03-07T20:49:49Z")

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I’m using the Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) and I’m not able to set the Field Shadings:

Here is a comparation between libreoffice and CODE:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/collaboraonline/original/1X/9f20dbbe0c17cea44a8a2fc6be018ee61abde779.png)

[This docs from Collabora office](https://help.collaboraoffice.com/6.4/en-GB/text/swriter/guide/fields.html?DbPAR=WRITER) states the following:

> To display or hide field highlighting in a document, choose View - Field Shadings. To permanently disable this feature, choose Tools - Options - Collabora Office - Application Colours, and clear the check box in front of Field shadings.

But the Collabora CODE version doesn’t have this options. There is any way to enable the Field Shadings?

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**Author:** ![Petter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Petter](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/Petter)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/field-shadings-on-collabora-code/1670/2 "2023-03-20T18:46:13Z")

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This is a little embarrassing, but I see now my mistake: There are 3 version of Collabora.

- Collabora Online
- Collabora Office
- Collabora CODE

Collabora Online and CODE are identical in terms of features. The difference is licensing, support and stability.

Collabora Office is the desktop version. And I was reading the Office documentation but trying to find the options in the CODE/Online versions.

So, at this moment, there is no way to configure shading in the fields. And the default behavior is no shading at all.

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**Author:** ![bearon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bearon](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/bearon)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/field-shadings-on-collabora-code/1670/3 "2023-03-22T03:09:46Z")

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I have commented in the GitHub issue:

> <https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/6068>
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> \*\*Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.\*\*
> 
> In LibreOf…fice Writer, the default behavior for Fields is to have a background shading, making it very easy to identify fields.
> 
> As you can see in the image bellow, the left side is Collabora Online/Code, and the right is LibreOffice:
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> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24530396/226685631-178eb218-6147-4f5e-975a-0b683c8ac25e.png)
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> In Collabora Online it is impossible to know where a \`Field\` begins or ends.
> 
> \*\*Describe the solution you'd like\*\*
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> I would like to suggest that \`Fields\` in the document should have a default background shading. In my experience, not having shading makes it difficult to identify fields, making the feature unusable in some cases. I believe most users would appreciate the addition of background shading, as it would improve their experience.
> 
> \*\*Describe alternatives you've considered\*\*
> 
> One alternative would be something like what we have in Collabora Office -\> In the \*\*Collabora Office\*\* documentantion \[theis is a chapter about filed shading\](https://help.collaboraoffice.com/6.4/en-GB/text/swriter/guide/fields.html?DbPAR=WRITER). Having the option to configure shading would be nice, but not necessary.