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Originally in my app the asterisk's were all in red and the text was in black. I've had to change the text to depend on what a global variable is set to.

e.g. if variable=0 then language 1, else if variable=1 then language 2..

This means that all the text is back to black and I can't seem to figure out how to have just the asterisk's in red and the rest of the text in black.

When I first made the app earlier this year I think I just highlighted the asterisk and then selected the colour red. But for one that isn't working now, and even if it was working it wouldn't work in this case as the text is now based on code.

Some insight to this would be great because I'm confused on how to do it.

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mdevaney 29,993 Moderator on at

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PowerApps will only allow a single color in a label field. The simplest solution here is to make a separate label for the asterisk and change its color. This is what PowerApps does by Default when an Edit Form is created.

Let me know if this works.

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timl 37,322 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @SKirkby

As @mdevaney says, the easiest way is to add another label with the asterisk.

Another alternative is to use a HTML Text control, rather than a label. You would use markup that looks like this:

"First name <font color=red>*</font>"

With internationalization, a problem is that words can often be longer when you switch languages. Using HTML can help avoid any irregular spacing when you switch languages, compared to using separate labels.
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Agreed. That is another totally valid way of doing things and is a 100% solution. My preference between the two comes down to the ability to make the asterisk not visible once the required field is filled-in by using this code in the label. Its a minor form design feature I like to incorporate

Visible: IsBlank(your_text_input_field_name);

Seeing the multiple solutions to problems is part of why I like coming to the forum. Thanks for the alternative solution!

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@mdevaney @timl

I've decided to just create additional labels and place them at the end of the text. Then I updated the x/y position of the labels depending on what the variable is set to so the position is adjusted when the language changes.

Thank you both for your solutions! I've given kudos to you both.
timl 37,322 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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It's great to see some great ideas in this post - toggling the visibility of labels and setting x/y co-ordinates dynamically. Thanks again for all your valuable contributions here @mdevaney 🙂