Jump to content

Gradient Borders Not Available for Tables?


Recommended Posts

It looks like Publisher currently supports a gradient for the Frame stroke but not for the Cell stroke.

table-frame-stroke.png.4ae280c5f6624054a4ae879425424c22.png

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Rows can be ...

1. Faded to nothing
2. Changed from one colour to another
3. Stroke/borders, faded to nothing (using pressure graph as shown below)

All doable from within the Table Studio Panel, just play with the settings

 

graphs.jpg

To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, carl123 said:

3. Stroke/borders, faded to nothing (using pressure graph as shown below)

Hadn't figured out using the pressure graph for that. Thanks!

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Your original post said

On 19 October 2018 at 10:26 PM, rjvela82 said:

I wanted to create a table where the fringes of each row faded or changed to a different color.

In option 3 above I showed you row borders going from red to transparent (faded)

When you say "changed to a different color", is what you want something like the row borders going from red to blue?

If not, please specify, supply a screenshot or draw what you mean?

To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@carl123

Option 3 is an acceptable work-around but I also asked for changing the cell borders from one color to another. 

 

The problem is the Gradient Tool has no proper context available for the Cell Stroke.  You can select the Table with the Gradient Tool, then in Context, choose Fill or Stroke, then if you choose Stroke, you can only select Text or Frame, so this means there is no option for table cells which could apply the gradients.  

125070720_ScreenShot2018-10-22at3_41_31PM.png.c4d8fb0ba3ea1b784a92d2a471c5a9ae.png

 

 Gradients do not even appear in Swatches when selecting cell borders because the gradient tool has not context option that can apply to them.

1556543157_ScreenShot2018-10-22at3_29_38PM.thumb.png.030919688058562d8ae57a495f7226cf.png

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

There are 2 workarounds to get "gradient borders".  The attached is the most flexible and uses two identically sized tables.  I have attached the APub file so you can see how it is constructed.

1. All text editing for the table is done on the Main Table layer in the layers panel.

2. The gradient can be modified by selecting the Rectangle Layer and then the Fill (gradient) tool.

3. Everything is grouped simply to allow easy resizing of the Table(s) by selecting the Group Layer and resizing that.

If I have missed anything else you wanted to do, please let me know

 

table1.jpg

table1.afpub

To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Guidelines | We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.