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# Conditional Formatting for Color of Cells in a Related List

There may be some situations where you may want to color the cells in your related list. This can be done by using bgcolor='color'. While this is simple enough, a more complex case arises when you want the color of the cell to change based on conditional logic. Below is an example of this.

{% hint style="info" %}
An important note to this is that most of the <> symbols will need to be escaped (#lt, #gt) in order for this to work and be properly read.
{% endhint %}

```
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>amount</th>
<th>amountrender</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><!--{{!
<lineitemsSOQL>
<class>none</class>
<soql> select id, amount from opportunity</soql>
<column prefix="<tr><td bgcolor='yellow'>" postfix="</td>">amount</column>
<column type="rtf" render="RECORD.amount >= 350000, lt#td bgcolor='blue' gt#RECORD.amount lt#/tdgt#,lt#td bgcolor='green'gt#RECORD.amount lt#/tdgt#"></column>
<column prefix="<td>" postfix="</td></tr>">amount</column>
</lineitemsSOQL>
}}-->
</tbody>
</table>
```

This can also be done with font color instead of background cell color:

```
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>id</th>
<th>amountrender</th>
<th>amount</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><!--{{!
<lineitemsSOQL>
<class>none</class>
<soql> select id, amount from opportunity</soql>
<column prefix="<tr><td bgcolor='yellow'>" postfix="</td>">id</column>
<column type="rtf" render="RECORD.amount >= 350000, lt#td style='color:#0000FF' gt#RECORD.amount lt#/tdgt#,lt#td style='color:#FF0000' gt#RECORD.amount lt#/tdgt#"></column>
<column prefix="<td>" postfix="</td></tr>">amount</column>
</lineitemsSOQL>
}}-->
</tbody>
</table>
```


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