Column Colour Registry entry

Specify the background colour of a field when displaying records.

Description

Specifying a background colour for a field is an effective way to draw attention to it. This can be achieved using the Column Colour Registry setting.

For accessibility reasons, a colour selected by a user in the Options box takes precedence over a colour set in the EMu Registry by an Administrator.

If the Column Colour Registry entry specifies a background colour for a mandatory field, the colour specified in the Options box will take precedence.

By default, no background colour is specified in the Options box for mandatory fields so a Column Colour Registry entry setting will always apply until a user actively specifies a colour in the Options box.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users and groups:

Key User User Group Group Group Group
Key 1 User User Group Group Group Group
Key 2 user user group group Default Default
Key 3 Table Table Table Table Table Table
Key 4 Default table Default table Default table
Key 5 Column Colour
Key 6 column
Value colour
User user Table table Column Colour column colour
User user Table Default Column Colour column colour
Group group Table table Column Colour column colour
Group group Table Default Column Colour column colour
Group Default Table table Column Colour column colour
Group Default Table Default Column Colour column colour

where:

column

is the back-end name for a field to which the background colour is applied.

colour

can be either:

  • Blue
  • Green
  • Red
  • Brown
  • Yellow

    -OR-

  • An HTML colour code, e.g. #FFFF00
    Also known as a Hex triplet. See Wikipedia for details and a list of HTML colour codes.

Examples

This entry gives the Party Type field a yellow background for all users:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Default
Key 3 Table
Key 4 eparties
Key 5 Column Colour
Key 6 NamPartyType
Value yellow

This entry gives the multi-value Other Names: (Person Details) field a pale green background using an HTML colour code:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Default
Key 3 Table
Key 4 eparties
Key 5 Column Colour
Key 6 NamOtherNames_tab
Value #CCFFD2