Is there a way to do alternating striped colors on a bulleted list?

[schabotte]

I have a list of 50 items and I want them to be striped (i.e. #1 is a white background, #2 is a light gray background, #3 is white, etc.)

I know I can do this with a table but the item descriptions are extensive and tables don't seem to flow nicely over multiple two column pages so I was hoping I could do the same effect with lists which do flow nicely.

Can it be done?

Thanks!

[thomaso]

Hi @schabotte, welcome to the Affinity Forums!

It may depend on your list / the text structure details. For instance: Define two text styles with either a character or a paragraph background colour. Then define in "Next Style" the respective other style as the next style.

A workaround would use separate objects for the background colours. For instance rectangles or single lines, duplicated via "power duplicate", possibly auto-aligned and/or using Symbols, and/or as master page object.

[lacerto]

Obsolete.

[schabotte]

Thanks so much. That is the effect I need. I really appreciate you supplying the video & sample afpub file.

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Just had a chance to apply the tutorial and it worked perfectly!

Edited March 24, 2023 by schabotte