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Mlemmers
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Shape theme json fill color not showing

Hey,

 

I'm working on a power bi theme json and have been perusing different githubs with source code for this, https://github.com/MattRudy/PowerBI-ThemeTemplates/blob/master/Shape.json for example. The new shapes don't use visual style basicShape anymore but shape. However, I'm unable to change the fill to white and not show the outline. The shapes are filled with the first color specified in the "dataColors" list. I don't know if it matter that fill and line are now in the dropdown menu under shape style in desktop. Can someone help me out on this or point me to updated documentation?

My code: 

	"visualStyles": {
	
	        "shape": {
            "*": {
              "general": [{
					"keepLayerOrder": true
				}],
				"line": [{
					"show": false
				}],
				"title": [{
					"show": false
				}],
				"background": [{
					"show": false
				}],
				"fill": [{
					"show": true,
					"fillColor": { "solid": { "color": "#FFFFFF"}},
					"transparency": 0
				}],
				"visualHeader": [{
					"show": false
				}]
            }
        }

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @Mlemmers ,

Thanks for reaching out to us with your problem. Base on your decription, it seems that the fill color not display for the shape even though set it in theme file. You can adjust the codes as below and check if it works:

{
    "name": "Custom Theme",
    "dataColors": ["#01B8AA", "#374649", "#FD625E", "#F2C80F", "#5F6B6D", "#8AD4EB"],
    "visualStyles": {
        "shapes": {
            "*": {
                "general": [{
                    "keepLayerOrder": true
                }],
                "fill": [{
                    "show": true,
                    "fillColor": {
                        "solid": {
                            "color": "#FFFFFF"
                        }
                    }
                }],
                "outline": [{
                    "show": false
                }],
                "visualHeader": [{
                    "show": false
                }]
            }
        }
    }
}

Best Regards

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bergmaal
Frequent Visitor

This answer does not solve the problem with fill color and outline color. The "show" property works on both, but not the color.

{
    "visualStyles": {
        "shape": {
            "*": {
                "outline": [
                    {
                        "show": true,
                        "lineColor": {
                            "solid": {
                                "color": "#ffffff"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "fill": [
                    {
                        "show": true,
                        "fillColor": {
                            "solid": {
                                "color": "#ffffff"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

 

This visual style adheres to latest schema (reportThemeSchema-2.131.json), but fill color defaults to ThemeColor1, and outline color a shaded version of ThemeColor1. My guess it that this is a bug.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @Mlemmers ,

Thanks for reaching out to us with your problem. Base on your decription, it seems that the fill color not display for the shape even though set it in theme file. You can adjust the codes as below and check if it works:

{
    "name": "Custom Theme",
    "dataColors": ["#01B8AA", "#374649", "#FD625E", "#F2C80F", "#5F6B6D", "#8AD4EB"],
    "visualStyles": {
        "shapes": {
            "*": {
                "general": [{
                    "keepLayerOrder": true
                }],
                "fill": [{
                    "show": true,
                    "fillColor": {
                        "solid": {
                            "color": "#FFFFFF"
                        }
                    }
                }],
                "outline": [{
                    "show": false
                }],
                "visualHeader": [{
                    "show": false
                }]
            }
        }
    }
}

Best Regards

We face the same issue. I tried to import this JSON, but it doesn't seem to work. The outline is still there and the fill color hasn't changed. The fill color still uses the main theme color 1. Any other options?

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