If on cell of table

[Tovam]

Hello
I get information from a database and show it in a table. Simple enough, but I now I want to highlight certain information.

The table looks like this.

<ec:table
	tableId="mainTable" 
		cellpadding="0" 
		cellspacing="1px" 
		rowsDisplayed="20" 
		width="100%" 
		items="infraKnowGallery" 
		var="data" 
		view="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsView" 
		title="${tableTitle}" 
		action="" 
		showPagination="true" 
		showStatusBar="true" 
		showTooltips="true" 
		sortable="true" 
		autoIncludeParameters="false" 
		state="persist">
	<ec:row>
	
	<fmt:message key="ciscoworks.mac" var="columnTitle" />
	<ec:column property="ciscoworks_mac" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true"
		headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell" />
	
	<fmt:message key="ciscoworks.switch" var="columnTitle" />
	<ec:column property="ciscoworks_switch" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true"
		headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell" />
	
	<fmt:message key="ciscoworks.port" var="columnTitle" />
	<ec:column property="ciscoworks_port" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true"
		headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell" />
	
	<fmt:message key="ciscoworks.vlan" var="columnTitle" />
	<ec:column property="ciscoworks_vlan" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true"
		headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell" />
	
	<fmt:message key="ciscoworks.lastseen" var="columnTitle" />
	<ec:column property="ciscoworks_lastseen" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true"
		headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell">
		<fmt:formatDate pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" value="${data.ciscoworks_lastseen}"/>
	</ec:column>

	</ec:row>
</ec:table>

More specifically, I want to highlight cells that are either empty or contain a certain string. Coloring them red or something.
I guess a <c:if test=""></c:if> would work fine, but on what would I have to test? And how would I make it color a single cell?

Thanks in advance.

[ardn0001]

you could use a javascript hightlighting code just customize it dynamically,
Highlight tables on mouseover javascript.

or just add an style attribute on each field you need, your output will be html?

[Tovam]

Thank you for your reply.

Indeed, some simple css would do, either embedded or by changing the class of a cell.
But how would I apply that to a single cell, since my code generates all the cells? (see the code in my first post)

I tried to do something like...

<fmt:message key="ciscoworks.vlan" var="columnTitle" />
<c:if test="${ciscoworks_vlan == 'COR'}">
<ec:column property="ciscoworks_vlan" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true" style="background-color: red;"
	headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell" />
</c:if>
			
<c:if test="${ciscoworks_vlan == 'DAA'}">
<ec:column property="ciscoworks_vlan" title="${columnTitle}" sortable="true"
	headerCell="eu.cec.ergonomics.taglib.dataGrid.extremecomponents.view.ErgonomicsHeaderCell" />
</c:if>

But no code would show at all, which makes sense since the column is treated as a column, not a collection of cells.

Is there a way to make such code apply during or after the table has been generated, so separate cells exist?

Thanks