Arcade Expression to Control Selection Color in Dashboard List

Question

Hello! Looking for help writing Arcade script to define a specific selection color for a variable in a Dashboard List. The script I have so far is written out below. When I run the script the selection color does not show up in my Dashboard List. Please help, and thank  you.

var green = When($datapoint.project_status == "Active / Awarded", '#55ff00','')

return {
textColor: '',
backgroundColor: '',
separatorColor:'',
selectionColor: green,
selectionTextColor: '',
// attributes: {
// attribute1: '',
// attribute2: ''
// }
}

JA7 · Accepted Answer

I don't see anything wrong with the arcade expression. Are you sure your field name and/or value is correct? One thing I like to do if I'm having issues returning colors, is to return it as an attribute and add that to the list so that I can see exactly what value is being returned. This helps me narrow down where the issue is.

Also note, that the selection color doesn't appear until you have set up an action in your list. Without an action setup, clicking on a list item doesn't select anything and therefore doesn't bring up the selection color.

JA7 · Accepted Answer

You would need to return the color hex value as an attribute and then plug that directly into your HTML of the list.