Enhancement: Colorize table according to field

[faxm0dem]

Wouldn't it be great to define colors for the lines in a table according to the value of some field? I'm thinking for instance when looking at syslog, we could have a nice color gradient from green to red according to severity

[trudesea]

I like this idea and was thinking something similar. Maybe highlight the text based on the color assigned in the search query for graphs.

[faxm0dem]

Both are IMHO useful. But your idea needs handling of the case where both colors match the same line

[trudesea]

Oh, sorry should have been more clear. Say you search for "error" and give it a color red. I was thinking it could then change the font color for the actual text "error" in the table, just the matches, not the whole line. If you search for more than one term and both are found in the same line, then each match will have a different font color.

[faxm0dem]

both ideas are worth implementing I think

[rashidkpc]

We'll be able to do this once elasticsearch supports named queries. I know its on the roadmap.

[faxm0dem]

fair enough, I'll look forward to it, thanks

[greenkiwi]

Is there any status update on this?

[rashidkpc]

I'd say this could be done as a custom field formatter once those are in. See here: #1543

[majkinetor]

define colors for the lines in a table according to the value of some field?

No, this can't be done via field formatter. It colors given column, while expectation is to color rows/lines here.

I suggest that Color field formatter be extended to have a checkbox such as

• Use this color for entire row

If multiple fields have this filed, it could be applied according to the popularity.