# Foundation 6 top bar background colour

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-6-top-bar-background-colour/45903>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [January 13, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-6-top-bar-background-colour/45903 "2025-01-13T05:01:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gremlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@Gremlin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Gremlin)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-6-top-bar-background-colour/45903/1 "2025-01-13T05:01:52Z")

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Foundation 6 theme, using Top Bar. I can’t adjust the background colour nor can I set the height of the bar. Previous answers from 2016 show fields no longer there in the setup for the Top Bar.

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**Author:** ![RapidBase](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rapidbase/32/24626_2.png) [@RapidBase](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RapidBase)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-6-top-bar-background-colour/45903/2 "2025-01-13T08:54:03Z")

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You have to use swatches for this. Simply choose swatches for the background color and the padding and assign them to the desired element (in this case the Top Bar and the Title Bar):

 ![Screenshot 13.01.2025 09.49.12@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/e/a/ea092069631977b55ca6a72e3981bfc44dcf1392.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot 13.01.2025 09.49.36@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/5/f5e953cca1a3cf0f19d6287c11f0ef131b3cc8e6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Gremlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@Gremlin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Gremlin)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-6-top-bar-background-colour/45903/3 "2025-01-13T09:52:01Z")

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Thanks… that sorted the colour, but does padding affect the total height of the bar or where it is on the page?

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**Author:** ![RapidBase](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rapidbase/32/24626_2.png) [@RapidBase](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RapidBase)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundation-6-top-bar-background-colour/45903/4 "2025-01-13T10:15:41Z")

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Padding adds additional height to the bar - dependent on the size of the menu font, which of course also defines the height in some way.  
The positioning could be done with a margin-swatch or a position-swatch.