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Anonymous
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2 years ago
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How to make a Card Text Blink

Hello All, I am trying to create a card that uses a measure and if negative it blinks Red if positive its just normal black text.   All my reading says to HTML or CSS but not entirely sure how to ...
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    OwenAuger
    2 years ago

    HI Anonymous

    For flashing text, you could construct HTML or SVG and use the HTML Content (Lite) custom visual.

     

    I have attached a small example where I defined the content for the "card" as an SVG.

    The measure is as follows:

    Profit $ SVG = 
VAR MeasureValue = [Profit $]
VAR MeasureSign = SIGN ( MeasureValue )
VAR MeasureFormatted =
    FORMAT ( MeasureValue, "#,##0;(#,##);-" )
VAR TextColour =
    SWITCH (
        MeasureSign,
        -1,
        "red",
        "black"
    )
VAR AnimationTag =
    SWITCH (
        MeasureSign,
        -1,
        "<animate attributeName='opacity' values='1;0;1' dur='1s' repeatCount='indefinite' />",
        ""
    )
VAR SVG_String = 
        "<svg viewBox='0 0 300 80' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' preserveAspectRatio='xMidYMid meet'>
        <text x='50%' y='50%' font-family='DIN' font-size='50' fill='" & TextColour & "' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle'>"
        & AnimationTag & MeasureFormatted & "</text></svg>"
RETURN
    SVG_String

     

    The formatting would likely need to be adjusted to meet your needs but this should be a start at least 🙂

     

    Regards

     

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Irwan
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2 years ago

hello Anonymous 

 

i have never seen a blinking or flashing color in conditional formating since it is color or icon selections.

But the others might know.

 

Thank you.

OwenAuger's avatar
OwenAuger
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2 years ago

HI Anonymous

For flashing text, you could construct HTML or SVG and use the HTML Content (Lite) custom visual.

 

I have attached a small example where I defined the content for the "card" as an SVG.

The measure is as follows:

Profit $ SVG = 
VAR MeasureValue = [Profit $]
VAR MeasureSign = SIGN ( MeasureValue )
VAR MeasureFormatted =
    FORMAT ( MeasureValue, "#,##0;(#,##);-" )
VAR TextColour =
    SWITCH (
        MeasureSign,
        -1,
        "red",
        "black"
    )
VAR AnimationTag =
    SWITCH (
        MeasureSign,
        -1,
        "<animate attributeName='opacity' values='1;0;1' dur='1s' repeatCount='indefinite' />",
        ""
    )
VAR SVG_String = 
        "<svg viewBox='0 0 300 80' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' preserveAspectRatio='xMidYMid meet'>
        <text x='50%' y='50%' font-family='DIN' font-size='50' fill='" & TextColour & "' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle'>"
        & AnimationTag & MeasureFormatted & "</text></svg>"
RETURN
    SVG_String

 

The formatting would likely need to be adjusted to meet your needs but this should be a start at least 🙂

 

Regards