diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Link/Et2LinkEntry.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Link/Et2LinkEntry.ts
index 910bbbe18e..8ad84f09b2 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Link/Et2LinkEntry.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Link/Et2LinkEntry.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ export class Et2LinkEntry extends Et2InputWidget(LitElement)
                             @change=${this.handleAppChange}
                     ></et2-link-apps>
                     <et2-link-search
+                            exportparts="combobox:control"
                             ?placeholder=${this.placeholder}
                             ?required=${this.required}
                             ?disabled=${this.disabled}
diff --git a/api/templates/default/etemplate2.css b/api/templates/default/etemplate2.css
index cbf9fec981..cb0d1ca917 100644
--- a/api/templates/default/etemplate2.css
+++ b/api/templates/default/etemplate2.css
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	--primary-color: #26537C;
     --primary-background-color: #4177a2;
     --highlight-background-color: rgba(153, 204, 255, .4);
+	--required-background-color: #ffffd0;
 
     --label-color: #000000;
     /* For fixed width labels - use class 'et2-label-fixed'*/