Finding background color of post...

[X-Fan]

I'm working on a custom vB Code and I'm needing a variable that I can pass in a font color string that will make text in a post the same as the background colour of that post. Because there's two possible background colours for a given post, I need it to match the colour of the post that this new vB Code is being used in.

Can anyone help?

[Chen]

That's not possible without hacking.

You can however use {firstaltcolor} and {secondaltcolor} in your posts, like this:

[color={firstaltcolor}]Blabla[/color]

[color={firstaltcolor}]Blabla[/color]

The only problem is that if a post is deleted, the color you used in your post won't match anymore.

[X-Fan]

Originally posted by FireFly
The only problem is that if a post is deleted, the color you used in your post won't match anymore.

Yeah, that's what I've been doing and that's the result I've been getting. I need it so that the text inbetween the custom vB Code tags matches the background of the post, no matter if its first or second alt colour.

Is there a hack that does this or could someone create one, please?

[Chen]

Try this:

http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16306

[X-Fan]

Perfect! Just what I needed, thanks for pointing me in the right direction FF!