i picked two coleuses'with intention to root them.....one day out of town and i come back to find them drooped.
i put them in a transparent glass jar with water on our window sill with about 6 hours direct sunrays.i was thinking of two solutions.
1. to remove the jar and plant out of direct sun until rooting.
2.to wrap around the jar a black cloth in order to create darkness for the future roots.
did i do right?

No direct sun for cuttings.

Also coleus cuttings are quick drinkers and may have also gotten floppy especially if you have a bunch of leaves on the stem (I usually leave 2 or 3 smaller ones and no more) or they just need some more water. Good luck. Usually they are pretty quick to get going.

Is it possible to bring in coleous to the house for winter

thank you all for the answers.what about the black cloth 'is it logical to do?

There are mixed ideas about darkness on the "rooting end" improving root development. I haven't found anything that has convinced me that it would help. I do usually add a splash of H2O2 when I am rooting cuttings in water.

Judeebow - take cuttings and bring inside ASAP. Rooted cuttings will thrive all winter in a sunny window.

thanks for your advice will do what i am told

Besides nice light: keep your eye on the water level as they are heavy drinkers and I swear you can blink and it is in need of more. The other thing to warn you on about a sunny window - if you have temps that drop below freezing - pull them out overnight and set on the table or counter. I learned the hard way! And I had a few who's leaves were touching the glass and froze.

Once the roots get good and hairy you can put in the cutting a pot with dirt inside to over winter: good light, water and watch for dirt gnats or aphids. I keep mine under the grow lights in the winter and one thing I observe is that the colorings of the leaves may be much different then what you have while growing them outside. Sometimes they are more muted sometimes more colorful. And then the next thing is as the plant grows you can continue to take cuttings and repeat the process all winter long and have lots of plants by spring.

They are such beasts that I just root in soil.

Strip all but two or three top leaves. Remember a cutting does not have the roots needed to support the many leaves that are present on a typical cutting. No need to feed because the cutting doesn't have roots.

Putting a cutting in soil (soil-less mix), from the start, is best. If they are started in water they will develop "water roots" and that won't help with the growth. Overwatering will kill them.

Colors probably won't be as vibrant as they were outside but by mid-February the growth will be increasing and gradually they'll be lovely. Do not plant them outdoors until all chance of frost is over. Planting at the same time as you'd plant tomatoes - late May in the northeast - is safest.

As Scarlet mentioned, don't allow leaves to touch window panes.

Are you able to add a pic, David?