Title: Text Border?
Last modified: July 31, 2020

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# Text Border?

 *  Resolved [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-border-2/)
 * Depending on the background image and the device that it is viewed on, the text
   sometimes gets washed out. Is there a way to add a border around the letters 
   of the text? I know I can add a background shade but that detracts from the image.
   I suppose a Caption option might also work, a little unclear as how to change
   the text in the caption?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/).

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 *  [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/)
 * (@nextend_ramona)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-border-2/#post-13195567)
 * Hi [@lestexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * Are you looking for the Text shadow option: [https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_text-shadow.asp](https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_text-shadow.asp)
 * You can find it at the Layer window > Style tab > under Typography > after clicking
   the More button:
    [https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1831-layer-typography-design#typography](https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1831-layer-typography-design#typography)
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/duq9MgR)
 *  Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-border-2/#post-13195980)
 * I will try the shadow and see if that works for me. This is such a flexible tool.
   I see where you can show the title or caption of an image using the text bar.
   Is there any way to add a Caption bar below the image and then use the header/
   text options to fill that bar? I keep running into responsive issues when I use
   the text layers. When you add a background to the text and then reduce the Opacity
   in the background area, it also reduces the actual text opacity.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/).
 *  [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/)
 * (@nextend_ramona)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-border-2/#post-13196001)
 * Hi [@lestexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * The text bar can only use the Slide title and description as its content: [https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1724-slide](https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1724-slide)
   
   But it can be positioned below the slide using it’s Position setting: [https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1856-text-bar](https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1856-text-bar)
 * What kind of responsive problems do you have with layers? We have tutorial videos,
   which I can recommend watching to learn more about the slide editing and responsive
   behavior:
       Although all of them are very useful, I think these would help 
   the most.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/).
 *  Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-border-2/#post-13196506)
 * Thank you for your help with the videos. I did find the solution to the Background
   opacity. You can’t use the Opacity setting in your Background control box but
   if you click the background color setting, you can use the slider on the color
   picker. The Instructions are a little misleading . Like so many multi function
   tools, it’s just learning where everything is located. 🙂
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/).
 *  [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/)
 * (@nextend_ramona)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-border-2/#post-13196530)
 * Hi [@lestexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * Great, I’m glad you were able to figure that out! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able
   to see the question about the background opacity, as it was edited to the question
   around the time I wrote the reply. I didn’t see that new part, as it was edited
   into the message shortly after I sent my reply, sorry about that!
 * In any case, I’m glad you were able to figure it out!

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