Giovanni Luisotto on 22 Nov 2022 12:11:09
Idea
I'd like to have the "Alternate Color" option (currently only in "Values") even for the "Specific Column" menu.
Current Options
By default, the Table visual has rows with alternating colors (white - light grey) to improve readability.
This can be set/changed under: Visual → Values → "Color __" and "Alternate Color __" (for both text and background)
A specific column style can be overridden via: Visual → Specific Column → "Color __" (both for text and background, plus where to apply it exactly: header, values, etc)
Here there is no "Alternate Color" option, which is what I'd like to have.
Use Case
I have a straightforward use case, a table with multiple "sets" of measures (ie. {ValueA,DeltaA}, {ValueB,DeltaB}, etc), and in order to improve "column sets" readability I want to apply a different background color for each set.
By doing so (via "specific Column") I'll lose the alternating color of rows, as just a single color can be set, which decreases row readability.
Therefore I have to choose between improved column vs row readability.
As a half-solution I can just change the color of the header (and not the values one), but when users are focusing on the rows it's just not the same