Basic styling of apps using custom themes

These examples show how to apply basic styling to your apps using custom themes. All properties referenced in the examples below are described in detail in Custom theme JSON properties.

Defining variables

A variable is a symbolic name associated with a value and whose associated value may be changed. They are defined in the _variables property and the variable names must be prefixed with @.

Setting the basic font color

The top level color property controls all font colors in the app. If you define the color property on a lower level, for example for object titles, subtitles and footnotes, these will override the top level color definition.

Setting the general font size

The top level fontSize property controls the font size in the app. If you define the fontSize property on a lower level, for example for object titles, subtitles and footnotes, these will override the top level fontSize definition

Defining the background color of sheet titles

The top level sheet property controls the background color of the sheet title. This property holds the following definitions:

Defining the background color of the visualizations

The top level backgroundColor property controls the background color of all visualizations in the app. If you define the backgroundColor property on a lower level, for example on a specific chart type, this will override the top level backgroundColor definition.

Defining the data colors

The dataColors object holds the following color definitions:

Full code example

{
  "_inherit": false,
  "_variables" : {
    "@grayscale-100" : "#FFFFFF",
    "@grayscale-98" : "#FBFBFB",
    "@grayscale-95" : "#F2F2F2",
    "@grayscale-90" : "#E6E6E6",
    "@grayscale-85" : "#D9D9D9",
    "@grayscale-80" : "#CCCCCC",
    "@grayscale-75" : "#BFBFBF",
    "@grayscale-70" : "#B3B3B3",
    "@grayscale-65" : "#A6A6A6",
    "@grayscale-60" : "#999999",
    "@grayscale-55" : "#8C8C8C",
    "@grayscale-50" : "#808080",
    "@grayscale-45" : "#737373",
    "@grayscale-40" : "#666666",
    "@grayscale-35" : "#595959",
    "@grayscale-30" : "#4D4D4D",
    "@grayscale-28" : "#474747",
    "@grayscale-25" : "#404040",
    "@grayscale-20" : "#333333",
    "@grayscale-15" : "#262626",
    "@grayscale-10" : "#1A1A1A",
    "@grayscale-5" : "#0D0D0D",
    "@grayscale-0" : "#000000",
    "@text" : "13px"
  },
  "color": "@grayscale-20",
  "fontSize": "@text",
  "backgroundColor": "@grayscale-95",
  "dataColors": {
    "primaryColor": "@grayscale-28",
    "othersColor": "@grayscale-55",
    "errorColor": "@grayscale-90",
    "nullColor": "@grayscale-85"
  }
}