# Glide tables and list, Color whole row background **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [February 14, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-tables-and-list-color-whole-row-background/86352 "2026-02-14T01:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-tables-and-list-color-whole-row-background/86352/10 "2026-02-27T01:46:00Z")
I understand that you’d like to use a color value directly from a data column to control the row background. However, even if you store a color in a column, the conditional mapping still needs to be defined somewhere (High → blue, Medium → lighter blue, etc.). Whether that logic lives in the data or in CSS, it doesn’t remove the need to define when and how each color is applied. When styling is handled purely through CSS, it makes more sense to manage that logic directly in CSS rather than computing the final color in the data column. That’s why the approaches I shared rely on detecting status indicators instead of reading a color value directly. You can take a look at the methods here: > [@blue\_square green\_square purple\_square How to Color Rows in a Table Collection](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-color-rows-in-a-table-collection/86512): > > There are multiple ways to color rows inside a Table Collection. To indicate row status (e.g., High, Medium, Low), you can use one of three approaches: Button column (aria-label) — reads the button’s aria-label to determine row color. Image fragment in the src — adds a fragment to the image URL (e.g., #High). Boolean column — uses a true/false value to control row color. thread Part 1 — Color Rows via Button Column This method reads the button’s aria-label and styles the entire \ accord… Let me know if you’d like help adapting one of them. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-tables-and-list-color-whole-row-background/86352)._