Change Action Icon Colour

[Skip2MiLu]

Hi
Can seem to find a straight answer in the forum.

Is it possible to change the colour of action icons in the same way I was able to change them shown in Field Task Status (Where there is a blue icon instead of green)?

[Aleksi]

Yes you can change them with the Format Rule

[Skip2MiLu]

I do not seem to find a way to do this. I am able to change the icon directly on the action setup, but I do not see a way on how to change the color of actions on the format rule.
Can you send a screen shot on how to do this in format rules.

[Aleksi]

[Jerry_Lan]

Hi Aleksi,

I have a thumbs up action icon (which is only blue by default) but I just want to change its colour to green…So I went to format rules and put the same action but change to green. However, the overlay action is still blue. There is a condition for this action to be shown or applicable.

Thanks
-j- erry

I have observed that the changed action colour through formatting rule is applicable only if icon is displayed prominent. The formatting rule does not apply if the action is in overalay

[Marc_Dillon]

New Bug Encountered: Colors of display overlay icons cannot be changed via format rules Questions

A long time ago, @Lynn asked about why the color of a “Display overlay” action cannot be formatted via a format rule. The issue seems to be unresolved so I am reposting it as a bug:

[Jerry_Lan]

Thanks Marc!

[Aleksi]

Actually this is not a bug. The functionality is decided in the past and is coming from the design. I don’t remember the exact reason but we try to avoid the Christmas tree effect.

[Jerry_Lan]

Christmas tree effect means if we use too many colours, it will affect the look? I wanted to use red and green to reduce human mistake in clicking action buttons.

[Josephine]

Bumping this…
Isn’t it our part, as developers, to decide whether or not colours are useful (e.g. decrease confusion/draw appropriate attention) or gaudy (e.g. christmas tree effect)?

[1minManager]

Also bumping this. Rationale is we want the overlay button in Yellow so that users are reminded to press it to send a quote after they add items into a subtable. Since normal action butons are at the top and the subtable is at the bottom

[Soca]

I also think the designer/developer of the app should be able to decide wether changing color is or is not a problem for their user. While I can see the “Christmas tree” concern there are also many other user cases where an overlay icon with a different color could have a lot of meaning. This would depend of the specific user experience that is created for that user. I don’t think it’s a good idea for appsheet to limit this to only prominent icons.

[Josephine]

Also, what is the difference between a Christmas-tree effect along the side vs along the top??