horizontal traffic light slicer

[ajm]

i want to make a horizontal traffic light slicer. i have been able to generate a horizontal tile slicer, and i have been able to develop a slicer that displays traffic light icons using conditional formatting. however, the big boss wants a horizontal traffic light slicer at the top of everything. Has anyone been able to do this? or can horizontal tiles be coloured differentl dependent upon their value? and, can the shapes of the square tiles be changed?

 

[Matt Allington]

Take a look at the chiclet slicer in the custom visual store

Chiclet Slicer

Display image and/or text buttons that act as an in-canvas filter on other visuals

appsource.microsoft.com

 

[ajm]

thanks Matt. I like it. i am having trouble figuring out how to store/capture/sub-in-the-correct-term the images i wish to use. in this instance, the "images" are merely shapes (a green circle, amber triangle, and red square) to give the user the feeling of traffic lights. If it has to be an image, i am sure the net will provide. Currently viewing a tutorial on the subject and the guy grabs images from an online site and copies the Base64 address of each image. Is there another way?

 

[Matt Allington]

Have you looked at loading an image of a traffic light housing (Rounded Traffic Light SVG, Traffic Light PNG, Traffic Light Printable, Traffic Light Image, Traffic Light Files - Etsy Australia) in black and put that one the canvas. Then configure a minimalist chiclet slicer over the top? Another approach may be to load the traffic light housing with transparent spaces for the lights then put that on top of the chiclet slicer. I don't know if that will work.

Just ideas.

 

[ajm]

had not tried any of these. will give them a crack today.

 

[ajm]

Got it. Found a great tutorial online at

. this explained everything i needed. Cheers.