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Highlight selected row in table

Hi Everyone!
I have a table visual that filters another table. When I select a row in Table A, the filtered rows show up in Table B but I want the row in table A to look highlighted. The other rows usually grey out when a row is selected but its still not prominent enough.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks

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Anonymous
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Hi @MaheshkumarSuma , parry2k, thank you for your prompt reply!

Currently there is no direct way to highlight selected rows in a table.

As a workaround, add a slicer from a copy table, no relationship with the source data, then create the measure as shown below:

vyajiewanmsft_1-1728463999510.png

 

Color = IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Column1])=SELECTEDVALUE('Table (2)'[Column1]),"orange","white")

Lastly, set the Background conditional formatting for all columns in the source table:

vyajiewanmsft_2-1728464075099.png

Best regards,

Joyce

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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I tried using bold colors - so when I select a row that row is bold but since the other rows are bold, even when they are greyed out they appear to be bold
I tried using light colors - Selected row appears dull even after selecting and all other rows seem to be normal

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @MaheshkumarSuma , parry2k, thank you for your prompt reply!

Currently there is no direct way to highlight selected rows in a table.

As a workaround, add a slicer from a copy table, no relationship with the source data, then create the measure as shown below:

vyajiewanmsft_1-1728463999510.png

 

Color = IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Column1])=SELECTEDVALUE('Table (2)'[Column1]),"orange","white")

Lastly, set the Background conditional formatting for all columns in the source table:

vyajiewanmsft_2-1728464075099.png

Best regards,

Joyce

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

parry2k
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Super User

@MaheshkumarSuma maybe you want to play with color theme to make it more prominent.



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