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swolfe2
Helper I
Helper I

Custom Theme: How to set item background and font color in slicer

With the newest desktop push, our previous .json color themes no longer work and throw many different errors.

 

I started with a new .pbix file, and started rebuilding the color theme from scratch. However, I cannot figure out how to set the background color for slicers.

 

I have reviewed the .json documentation, but am getting an error when trying to add anything to this section which is working.

 "slicer": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 0
          }
        ],
        "outspace": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }

 

However, slicers look like then when clicked, and users cannot read the items for selection. I am trying to change the color of this background in the dropdown to match the darker color, while also having white text, so that users can see their selections.

swolfe2_0-1677007606274.png

 

 

Here's the full .json I have so far.

{
  "name": "User Dark Theme",
  "dataColors": [
    "#00FFB0",
    "#2155FF",
    "#F8B225",
    "#F600ED",
    "#F600ED",
    "#6D63FF",
    "#FF707A",
    "#E5EFD8",
    "#3599B8",
    "#DFBFBF",
    "#4AC5BB",
    "#5F6B6D",
    "#FB8281",
    "#F4D25A",
    "#7F898A",
    "#A4DDEE",
    "#FDAB89",
    "#B687AC",
    "#28738A",
    "#A78F8F",
    "#168980",
    "#293537",
    "#BB4A4A",
    "#B59525",
    "#475052",
    "#6A9FB0",
    "#BD7150",
    "#7B4F71",
    "#1B4D5C",
    "#706060",
    "#0F5C55",
    "#1C2325"
  ],
  "bad": "#C4314B",
  "neutral": "#FDB913",
  "good": "#92C353",
  "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
  "foregroundNeutralSecondary": "#FFFFFF",
  "backgroundLight": "#3C395D",
  "foregroundNeutralTertiary": "#C2C2C2",
  "background": "#11111C",
  "backgroundNeutral": "#85858D",
  "visualStyles": {
    "*": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#000000"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 69
          }
        ],
        "border": [
          {
            "show": true,
            "radius": 4
          }
        ],
        "outspacePane": [
          {
            "backgroundColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#726E8A"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "filterCard": [
          {
            "$id": "Available",
            "backgroundColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#726E8A"
              }
            },
            "foregroundColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#FFFFFF"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 0
          },
          {
            "$id": "Applied",
            "foregroundColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#FFFFFF"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "page": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 0
          }
        ],
        "outspace": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "slicer": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 0
          }
        ],
        "outspace": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },

  "textClasses": {
    "label": {
      "color": "#FFFFFF"
    },
    "callout": {
      "color": "#FFFFFF"
    },
    "title": {
      "color": "#FFFFFF"
    },
    "header": {
      "color": "#FFFFFF"
    }
  }
}

 

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swolfe2
Helper I
Helper I

After some tinkering with .json formats, I was able to resolve via the code below:

"slicer": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 0
          }
        ],
        "outspace": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "items": [
          {
            "fontColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#FFFFFF"
              }
            },
            "background": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }

swolfe2_0-1677011138551.png

 

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swolfe2
Helper I
Helper I

After some tinkering with .json formats, I was able to resolve via the code below:

"slicer": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            },
            "transparency": 0
          }
        ],
        "outspace": [
          {
            "color": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "items": [
          {
            "fontColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#FFFFFF"
              }
            },
            "background": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#3A3847"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }

swolfe2_0-1677011138551.png

 

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