Any way to change the background color of a text box without all the workarounds such as placing another shape behind the text.
I need to have a textbox filled with the color of 249, 249, 249 and a stroke of 204, 204, 204 which will be 1px. I also need to have the text kept at a distance of 5px from all four sides from the stroke internally.
Currently, I am doing this by having a rectangle of size say 300px X 500px, giving it a fill of 249, 249, 249 and stroke of 1px of color 204, 204, 204. Then I add a Text Box by using the Type Tool and draging to to "draw" a box of 290px X 490px and placing it in the middle of the above rectangle so that I get 5px distance from all four sides.
It does what I want but it's not elegant. Any better way to do this?