Setting alternate row colors on tables and lists

Fig. 1

You can designate the background colors for alternate rows on a:

Data table (See Fig. 1 above)
Statistics Table and DMS Detail table
Statistics List
Data Grid Header for a chart

This can be used to stylize tables and lists and to distinguish odd and even rows in a table, grid, or list.

See How Alternate row colors work below in this topic.

Navigating to the Alternate row color settings

Enable this feature by selecting the checkbox for the Alternate row color preceding the table or list type. Then, select specific colors for odd and even rows

On the Settings tab

Follow this path on the Settings tab for a chart to temporarily override the default setting (Fig. 2):

Chart Overrides | Fonts| Table fonts | Data Table [or Statistics List, or Statistics Table and DMS Detail] | Alternate Row color

Fig. 2

In the Systems Administration module

System administrators can follow this path on the Configurations tab of the GainSeeker System Administration module to change the change a default setting for Alternate row colors:

How Alternate row colors work

You must select the checkbox preceding the Alternate row colors setting to enable alternate row colors on a grid, table, or a list. How your rows display on a table, grid, or list partly depends on the values you set for these two settings:

Background color for even rows (Data grid, data table, statistics list, and statistics table) = [color]
Background color for odd rows (Data grid, data table, statistics list, and statistics stable) = [color]

Also see important Note below

Navigating to these settings

These settings that temporarily override the default settings in the System Administration module are located on the Settings tab for a chart following this path:

Chart overrides | charts | Colors and Patterns | Background color for even rows . . . [or Background color odd rows...]

System administrators can set defaults for these settings in the System Administration module following this path:

Changing the Background color for even [or odd] rows... settings

Double-click the Background color for even [or odd] rows... = [color] setting to change the color value for even or odd rows. Then, select a color using the Color dialog that opens.

Changing the font type, size, and color settings

When you change the background color of alternating rows (or all rows), you may need to adjust the color of your font if it displays too dark or too light against the new background color. Use the Fore color = setting to select a new color (Fig. 3). You can also change the font type and font size if you want using the Font = setting. These settings are located below the Alternate rows colors setting (See Fig. 3).

Fig. 3

Note about the Back color setting

The Alternate row colors does not use the Back color = setting located directly below it (See Fig. 3 above) to determine the background color for alternating rows. Instead, the Back color = [color] setting allows you to set a background color for all rows in a data table, grid, or list when the Alternate row colors setting is not selected (Fig. 4 below).

Fig. 4