Colored text

[tchang]

Hi guys, really noob question, but the streamlit documentation I’ve been reading on colored text doesn’t seem to work.

st.write("This is :blue[test]")

Returns the exact string instead of “This is test” with test being colored blue.

However, emojis and typography work just fine. What am I doing wrong?

[mathcatsand]

What version of Streamlit are you using? Colored text was just announced with the latest version that just dropped.

Version 1.16.0

Highlights Introducing a new Streamlit theme for Altair, Plotly, and Vega-Lite charts! Check out our blog post for more information. Streamlit now supports colored text in all commands that accept Markdown, including st.markdown, st.header, and more. Learn more in our documentation. Notable Changes Functions cached with st.experimental_memo or st.experimental_singleton can contain Streamlit media elements and forms. All Streamlit commands that acc…

With the standard st alias, you can check using:
st.write(st.__version__)

[tchang]

Ah! I’m on 1.14 still. Thanks!