This rule allows you to specify the colors for rows and columns in the table.
Example
How to apply this rule
For the first time in a project
- Select the table(s)/chart(s) that you wish to apply the rule to.
- Start typing the name of the Rule into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
- Click on the Rule when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.
OR
- Select Automate > Browse Online Library.
- Choose this rule from the list.
Additional applications of the rule
- Select a table or chart that has the rule and any table(s)/chart(s) that you wish to apply the rule to.
- Click on the Rules tab (bottom-left of the table/chart).
- Select the rule that you wish to apply.
- Click on the Apply drop-down and choose your desired option.
- Check New items to have it automatically applied to new items that you create. Use Edit > Project Options > Save as Template to create a new project template that automatically uses this rule.
Removing the rule
- Select the table(s)/chart(s) that you wish to remove the rule from.
- Press the Rules tab (bottom-right corner).
- Press Apply next to the rule you wish to remove and choose the appropriate option.
How to modify the rule
- Click on the Rules tab (bottom-left of the table/chart).
- Select the rule that you wish to modify.
- Click Edit Rule and make the desired changes. Alternatively, you can use the JavaScript below to make your own rule (see Customizing Rules).
JavaScript
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// Color selected rows or columns
includeWeb('JavaScript Array Functions');
includeWeb('Table JavaScript Utility Functions');
form.setHeading('Color Selected Rows or Columns');
let description = form.newLabel('Choose colors for rows or columns in the table');
description.lineBreakAfter = true;
const no_selection_string = '(none)';
// Color rows or columns?
let color_label = form.newLabel("Color:")
let color_options = ["Rows", "Columns"];
let color_rows_or_columns_box = form.newComboBox('columnOrRow', color_options);
color_rows_or_columns_box.setDefault(color_options[0]);
color_rows_or_columns_box.lineBreakAfter = true;
let color_columns = color_rows_or_columns_box.getValue() == color_options[1];
let controls = [description, color_label, color_rows_or_columns_box];
form.setSummary('Color selected ' + color_rows_or_columns_box.getValue().toLowerCase());
// If coloring columns, table must be two-dimensional.
if (color_columns && table.columnLabels == null)
form.ruleNotApplicable('the columns in this table are statistics');
// Trim column/row labels and change column/row labels that collide with no_selection_string
let col_row_combobox_alternatives = (color_columns ? table.columnLabels : table.rowLabels).map(function (label) {
return label.trim();
}).map(function (label) {
if (label == no_selection_string)
return label + (color_columns ? ' (column)' : ' (row)');
else
return label;
});
col_row_combobox_alternatives = [no_selection_string].concat(enumerateDuplicatesInStringArray(col_row_combobox_alternatives, '(', ')'));
let selected_cols_rows = [];
let selected_colors = [];
let default_color = "AliceBlue";
let last_index = 0;
let current_index = 0;
let col_row_label = color_columns ? 'Column:' : 'Row:';
while (true) {
let col_row_combobox = form.newComboBox((color_columns ? 'column' : 'row') + current_index, col_row_combobox_alternatives);
col_row_combobox.setDefault(no_selection_string);
let selected_col_row = col_row_combobox.getValue();
controls.push(form.newLabel(col_row_label));
controls.push(col_row_combobox);
if (selected_col_row == no_selection_string) // stop adding when the combobox selection is null
break;
else { // only add comboboxes with a column/row selected
controls.push(form.newLabel('Color:'));
let color_picker = form.newColorPicker('color' + current_index)
color_picker.setDefault(default_color);
color_picker.lineBreakAfter = true;
let selected_color = color_picker.getValue();
controls.push(color_picker);
selected_cols_rows.push(selected_col_row);
selected_colors.push(selected_color);
last_index = current_index + 1;
}
current_index++;
}
form.setInputControls(controls);
// Do the coloring
let cell_colors = table.cellColors;
let indices_to_color = selected_cols_rows.map(function (label) { return col_row_combobox_alternatives.indexOf(label) - 1; });
indices_to_color.forEach(function (x, ind) {
let current_color = selected_colors[ind];
if (color_columns) {
for (let row = 0; row < table.numberRows; row++)
cell_colors[row][x] = current_color;
} else {
for (let col = 0; col < table.numberColumns; col++)
cell_colors[x][col] = current_color;
}
});
table.cellColors = cell_colors;
See also
