diff --git a/pd/src/pd.tk b/pd/src/pd.tk
index 281893731e67594580c95862c64e03c4e1ff3113..c5c3ccdc4d1a5b6d2bf60f244ee0443af5228c24 100644
--- a/pd/src/pd.tk
+++ b/pd/src/pd.tk
@@ -8403,7 +8403,7 @@ proc pdtk_canvas_enteritem_gettags {tkcanvas x y item} {
 		#puts stderr "gettags $tags $xletno [$tkcanvas canvasx $x] [$tkcanvas canvasy $y]"
 		if { $xletno == -1 && $object ne "text" } { return }
 		if { $object ne "text" } {
-			set nlet_color [$tkcanvas itemcget [lindex $tags 0] -outline]
+			set nlet_color [$tkcanvas itemcget [lindex $tags 0] -stroke]
 		} else {
 			set nlet_color $select_color
 		}