Format

Format provides styling and display options for a cell, but can also be applied to rows, columns, sheets and the complete workbook.

Examples

"emphasize-blue": {
    "italic": true,
    "border": "double",
    "alignH": 2,
    "backgroundColor": {
        "name": "aqua"
    }
}

Implementations

Workbook

Sheet

Row

Column

Cell

Properties

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name	type	description
dataType	string	data type of cell possible values: string number date blank timestamp formula
alignH	integer	Horizontal alignment of text possible values: 0 general 1 left 2 center 3 right 4 full 5 justify 6 merge 7 distributed
alignV	integer	Vertical alignment of text possible values: 0 Top 1 Center 2 Bottom 3 Justify 4 Distributed
backgroundColor	object	Contains color as Name, Ref or RGB Color
foregroundColor	object
borderColor	object
borderTopColor	object
borderBottomColor	object
borderRightColor	object
borderLeftColor	object
borderDiagonalColor	object
border	string	Sets the border style by ID or name. possible values: 0 None 1 Thin 2 Medium 3 Dashed 4 Dotted 5 Thick 6 Double 7 Hair 8 Medium dashed 9 Dash dot 10 Medium dash dot 11 Dash Dot Dot 12 Medium dash dot dot 13 Slant dash dot
	integer
borderTop	string
	integer
borderRight	string
	integer
borderBottom	string
	integer
borderLeft	string
	integer
borderDiagonal	string
	integer
borderDiagonalMode	string	Puts diagonal strokes in a cell. possible values: none up down both
fontName	string	Font face name (e.g. 'Helvetica')
fontSize	integer	Font Size in pt
fontColor	object	Contains color as Name, Ref or RGB Color
fontRef	string	Name of a Font Definition
italic	boolean	Toggle for displaying text as italic.
bold	boolean	Toggle bold font style
underline	string	Sets the underline style of the font. possible values: single double acc single acc double
wrap	boolean	Toggle whether the cell text is wrapped.
pattern	integer	Background Pattern 0 None 1 Solid 2 50% Gray 3 75% Gray 4 25% Gray 5 Horizontal Stripes 6 Vertical Stripes 7 Reverse Diagonal Stripes 8 Diagonal Stripes 9 Diagonal Cross Hatch 9 Thick Diagonal Stripe 11 Thin Horizontal Stripe 12 Thin Vertical Stripe 13 Thin Reverse Diagonal Stripe 14 Thin Diagonal Stripe 15 Thin Horizontal Cross Hatch 16 Thin Diagonal Cross Hatch 17 Gray 12P5 18 Gray 6P25
	string
shrinkToFit	boolean
formatRef	string	Reference to a named format.
numberFormat	integer	individual format options for numbers, dates, currencies, see www.mbsplugins.eu/XLFormatSetNumFormat</td> </tr>
	string
numberFormatCustom	string	custom format options for numbers, dates, currencies..., check www.mbsplugins.eu/XLBookAddCustomNumFormat