topic how to change background colour of a list box in QlikView

how to change background colour of a list box

raghavsurya — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:37:52 GMT

Hi All,

Can you please suggest me how to change the background colour of a list box.

Thanks and Regards,

Raghav

how to change background colour of a list box

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:18:31 GMT

Hi,

I dont think this is possible as it will always have a white background.

Regards,

how to change background colour of a list box

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:11:33 GMT

It is possible to change the background of a list box ....

List box properties -> presentation - Visualization e.g. LED (dont use QlikView Classic)
after that change background - select color transparence

Ralf

how to change background colour of a list box

raghavsurya — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:21:33 GMT

Hi Ralf,

I am not finding an option to change backgroun in a list box.

Regards,

Raghav

how to change background colour of a list box

kji — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:40:10 GMT

Version 10 has the background setting, although it needs one of the non-default selection styles to make any difference.

how to change background colour of a list box

erichshiino — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:47:08 GMT

That's where you set the LED option and background color (all on the left of the image)

QV 10

Hope it helps,

Erich

how to change background colour of a list box

Wed, 25 May 2011 14:22:44 GMT

Hi Raghav

Go to listbox properties and then go to presentation and then go to background and then go to color and try to change ur background color

Properties-->presentation-->background-->color .

Thanks

Brad

Re: how to change background colour of a list box

johnw — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:46:08 GMT

You can fairly-successfully fake up list boxes using charts. That gives you a lot of control over how they look. Might be an alternative if you aren't on version 10, or if you want more control than version 10 offers.

how to change background colour of a list box

raghavsurya — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:13:49 GMT

Thanks John, this really helps

how to change background colour of a list box

montubhardwaj — Thu, 26 May 2011 06:23:20 GMT

@ John: That was really helpful and very tricky. thx for sharing.

how to change background colour of a list box

Thu, 26 May 2011 07:48:46 GMT

Hi,

I like your solution, John, although it's 'crooking the books' a bit? However, I really liked Brad's direct reply. I tried it out, using a light colour for background e.g. yellow. In addition, I adjusted the Transparency %. I can now make my models so much more 'prettier'. However, it only works for QV 10.

Thanks Brad.

Arie

how to change background colour of a list box

johnw — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:33:19 GMT

vandongen wrote:
I like your solution, John, although it's 'crooking the books' a bit?

You're right, and I'd likely never do it that way unless forced. I prefer my users simply get used to the default controls with their default look and feel. Also, it doesn't have full list box functionality. Control-click and shift-click don't work in it. You can't do a search in it. There are probably other issues as well. I don't like giving up functionality for aesthetics, even if I'm not a fan of the default bright green for selected values.

how to change background colour of a list box

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:45:53 GMT

Hi all, you can fake some functionality of the list box with a stright table simply by adding the drop-down select option found in the presentation tab. This way the user may click on the drop down and perform Control-click type selections, as well as, string searches, however I agree with John, the layout should be kept light and clear.

Reagards.

how to change background colour of a list box

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:13:15 GMT

Hi John, good solution. Selection is valid for the object type "Graphic", but how can make the change to a calendar?

Re: how to change background colour of a list box

johnw — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:20:54 GMT

Well, what you show is just a list box, so you could do it like I suggested before.

For a calendar object, you can fake a calendar using other objects. See the attached example. In the example, I'm using the standard gray and green, but these are explicitly defined as a background color expression underneath the main expression. You'd also need to change a bunch of other objects to match, like the background text box I used, custom format cell for the blank cells and cell borders, and so on.

I don't recommend going to all this effort unless there is a strong reason. I wouldn't personally consider color changes a strong reason. In the example, the assumed reason was that weeks needed to start with Sunday instead of Monday, something the regular calendar object doesn't support (unless that's been more recently addressed in some way).

how to change background colour of a list box

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:41:25 GMT

Thank you very much for the advice and example. Follow your great advice

how to change background colour of a list box

barryharmsen — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:43 GMT

On the AJAX client in QlikView 11, you can also change the default selection colors using a Document Extension. An example can be downloaded from here: http://www.qlikfix.com/2012/05/18/any-colour-as-long-as-its-green/

Re: how to change background colour of a list box

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:28:19 GMT

Hi,

I used your attachment and I put conditional color in it. But when I select one value then other value got no background color else all three values are having color.

Any help is welcome?

Re: how to change background colour of a list box

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:37:29 GMT

what does it mean?

if(only({1} Type)='Current',green(),red())

used in text color

Re: how to change background colour of a list box

rohit214 — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:47:16 GMT

Hi @John witherspoon,

I have gone through your example, I am quite wondering how can you are showing all the field name without using any expression.

Please let me know it will really appreciable.

Regards,

Rohit