I want to apply the colours in a list to an array of cells. The list contains the items that are made available in a data validation drop-down for each cell. This example should show what I mean. I have manually set the backgrounds of the cells to match the key but I want to do this automatically, so that when a cell is assigned from a drop-down it gets the colour from the key table.
Can this be done with conditional formatting (bearing in mind that the key list will get new members/colours)?
No. But the whole range (table and dropdown cells) can be formatted with CF formula rules (one per colour).
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How do I create a conditional formatting rule in Google Sheets that changes the colour of a cell based on the text in another cell?
I want to create a rule whereby if I type "tested" in ANY cell, the two following cells in the row change colour automatically to show the testing window.
The sheet is very large so I need to also know how to make this rule apply to all cells, without all formatting relating to the text in just one cell - it always needs to be the cell with the text relating to the following two cells in the row.
Thanks in advance!
I've tried to use the basic conditional formatting, and tried googling, but all answers are based on a number value and don't apply when I try to use the same custom formula.
try:
=A1="tested"
and 2 rules. one for B1:Z and 2nd for C1:Z
To be more specific, I want the Conditional Formatting to check the content of the cell that is currently being formatted and be dynamic as I copy-paste the Conditional Formatting into another cell, without having to manually fiddle with the formula again.
So what I'm doing is this (using an example):
I have a list of foods categorized by type (Fruits, vegetables, etc...) and every week the list changes, so its not possible to add "hard values" to formulas, it has to be a cell reference under the category.
Which means that under the category "fruits" for example, in week 1 i can have: banana, apple and peach but totally different fruits another week.
Anyways, I also want to create a calendar with the days in the week, where I put 4 drop-down menus which correspond to the 4 types of food. The drop down menus update as I update the initial list of avaiable foods.
Now down to the real issue.
I want that the cell used for the drop down menu to take an specific color when the content of that cell contains a food inside a given category.
For example, I select Apple, it checks for the apple and applies the apple color to the cell.
I acheived this with this
=COUNTIF(A4:A6, INDIRECT("RC","FALSE"))
I found someone online using the INDIRECT("RC","FALSE") value to "reference" the current cell but its not working for me...
A4:A6 is the range of fruits and it will give the red color to the apple because i defined it in Conditionnal formatting.
Now when I copy the conditional formatting is not working for the other apples and I want to make it work for others, just by checking if the current cell contains a value in a range of cells, without manually changing the current cell for every cell.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15trOcNzucTJDDwuseQTsvjhioIGN9W4NEjhztmMZ1so/edit#gid=0
This is my google spreadsheet, please help ! I'm not sure if I can understand better. This is for a much bigger project and really need the help.
Current cell for conditional formatting is left top most cell in Apply to range range.
In your case it is D11. So you should use following formula:
=COUNTIF($A$4:$A$6, D11)
I have on my sheet many columns, so I want to highlight the cells on column A that contains a specific value. eg. I have on column A 200 rows, I want to highlight the CELLS that contains "2019" value. This is it and please keep in mind that I want to highlight not to change color.
Unfortunately, this type of action can't be done in Google Sheets other than manually holding CTRL key and selecting cells of interest.
I'm working on a spreadsheet in Google Sheets for multiple people, and indicate in a column who the person the information on that row pertains to. I want to format cells on that column, only when they're not empty, based on what person is selected in another cell.
I can create functions to format things based on another cell's entry, but I don't know how to compound that with a function for not being empty. Sorry if this is super basic, I just can't figure it out.
Yep. This is a super simple thing to do.
1) Highlight the column where the person's name appears.
2) From the main menu, select Format, Conditional formatting.
3) In the sidebar click add a new rule. what you want to do is create one rule for each name that appears (or could appear) in that column.
4) Under "Format cells if, select "Text is exactly"
5) Type the name in the cell where it says Value or Formula
6) Choose a background colour to suit.
7) Click Done.
8) Repeat steps 3 to 7 for each person; but change the background colour in each case.
Here's an example.
Is it possible to fill a cell with data from another cell based off the content of a different cell? I have a drop down menu in one cell, and when I select something from that menu, I would like the cell next to it to search a database on that sheet that the drop down is based off of. it has a second row with different values I would like to appear in the next column. I think about it, and it should seem easy, but I'm having troubles explaining it.
You could use VLOOKUP() to search the list based on the dropdown cell value. Ref