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    • How to use categories for coloring in TrackerCalendar

    Posted by bfw25 posts: 25 Germany

    I am providing a complex calendar based on a tracker with a category field to control access rights and an additional textfield for coloring. I would like to use the category field for coloring to simplify entering new items, but I failed specifying categories in the colormap.

    I tried several variants such as
    TRACKERCALENDAR (... coloring="calCatField" colormap="41,#FFFF80|42,#44FF80|43,#AAAAAA" ...

    Has somebody already succeeded using the correct notation or is there a limitation that categories are not supported for colormaps?

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    Posted by bfw25 posts: 25 Germany

    Bernard,
    thank you very much for the quick answer.
    Since users have to specify a category, I can only offer them a simplification by removing the extra field for the color and controlling the color via the category. I am already using some CSS in the Look and Feel configuration for header levels, but no idea how to apply a style to a calendar entry depending on its category.
    For the parameter colormap I have tried several variants in vain like: Category-id, Category-name, top::parent:category-name, categories(19) etc...
    Bernhard


    Posted by bfw25 posts: 25 Germany

    The domo site with my trackercalendar example is still actice:

    [http://bfw-11773-7144.show2.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=TrackerCalendar_Demo_01

    I added there a new section with
    Color by Category name
    and an other section with
    Color by Category id


    Posted by Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties posts: 3665 United States

    I'm using the colormap option successfully on my tracker calendar at https://keycontent.org

    I'm using a regular dropdown selector (not the category field) and simply have the option name and its color:

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    colormap="United States,#ff5733|Africa,#f6ff33|Asia,#90FF33|...


    I would try using only the category name — not the ID or path.

    HTH,

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