Hex Color column type
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Priority:P3
Type:New Feature
Visualization/Chart Settings
Visualization/Tables
- Dominant language
- Clojure
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Description
Let's say I have an hex color column with string data eg `#F5BF21`.
As a user of Metabase i'd like to see a little colored square in the data cell,
like you can see on Slack or GitHub if you paste a Hex color.
E.g:
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the data-cell rendering entry point and determine how column types are identified; done means hexadecimal color values display a small colored square in the data cell without obscuring the text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- clojure
- Domain
- data-visualization, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100