Precise, polished, information-dense. Each card has a thin colored stripe across the top that matches the status. Below it, a clean horizontal layout with all metadata. Feels like a Figma component.
Layout philosophy: Top-stripe card. A thin 4px colored bar spans the top of each card, color-coded to the status. Below it, a single horizontal row of data: name, badge, progress, deadline. Dense but never cluttered. Every element is precisely placed.
Badge Tokens
- padding:
4px 12px - border-radius:
4px - font-size:
12px - font-weight:
600 - text-transform:
none
status_colors
| Value | bg | text | border | stripe_color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draft | #6b7280 |
#ffffff |
1px solid #6b7280 |
#6b7280 |
| In Review | #3b82f6 |
#ffffff |
1px solid #3b82f6 |
#3b82f6 |
| Revising | #f97316 |
#ffffff |
1px solid #f97316 |
#f97316 |
| Approved | #22c55e |
#ffffff |
1px solid #22c55e |
#22c55e |
| Published | #16a34a |
#ffffff |
1px solid #16a34a |
#16a34a |
| _fallback | #9ca3af |
#ffffff |
1px solid #9ca3af |
#9ca3af |
Row Card Tokens
- card_border:
1px solid #e5e7eb - card_border_radius:
8px - card_background:
#ffffff - card_margin_bottom:
8px - card_shadow:
0px 1px 4px #0000000a - stripe_height:
4px(colored bar at top) - overdue_stripe_color:
#ef4444 - overdue_card_border:
1px solid #fecaca
Row Template Layout
Top-stripe card with a horizontal metadata row.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████│ ← 4px status-colored stripe
│ │
│ API Guide.docx [In Review] ███████░░░ 72% │
│ 5/15/2026 │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
rowFormatter JSON
Adapt before applying. The column names below ([$Status], [$Progress], [$Deadline]) are example placeholders — replace them with the actual internal column names from the user's list. Also update every status value string ('Draft', 'In Review', 'Revising', etc.) to match the user's actual Choice values. Follow list-styling Step 3.
{
"$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/view-formatting.schema.json",
"hideSelection": false,
"hideColumnHeaders": true,
"rowFormatter": {
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"display": "flex",
"flex-direction": "column",
"border": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '1px solid #fecaca', '1px solid #e5e7eb')",
"border-radius": "8px",
"background-color": "#ffffff",
"margin-bottom": "8px",
"box-shadow": "0px 1px 4px #0000000a",
"overflow": "hidden"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"height": "4px",
"width": "100%",
"background-color": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '#ef4444', if([$Status] == 'Draft', '#6b7280', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '#3b82f6', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '#f97316', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '#22c55e', if([$Status] == 'Published', '#16a34a', '#9ca3af'))))))"
}
},
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"display": "flex",
"align-items": "center",
"padding": "16px 20px",
"gap": "20px"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"flex": "2",
"display": "flex",
"flex-direction": "column",
"gap": "2px"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"font-size": "14px",
"font-weight": "600",
"color": "#1f2937"
},
"txtContent": "=if([$FileLeafRef] == '', [$Title], [$FileLeafRef])"
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '⚠ Overdue — ' + toLocaleDateString([$Deadline]), toLocaleDateString([$Deadline]))",
"style": {
"font-size": "12px",
"color": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '#ef4444', '#9ca3af')",
"font-weight": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '600', '400')"
}
}
]
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "[$Status]",
"style": {
"display": "inline-block",
"padding": "4px 12px",
"border-radius": "4px",
"font-size": "12px",
"font-weight": "600",
"white-space": "nowrap",
"color": "#ffffff",
"background-color": "=if([$Status] == 'Draft', '#6b7280', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '#3b82f6', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '#f97316', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '#22c55e', if([$Status] == 'Published', '#16a34a', '#9ca3af')))))",
"border": "=if([$Status] == 'Draft', '1px solid #6b7280', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '1px solid #3b82f6', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '1px solid #f97316', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '1px solid #22c55e', if([$Status] == 'Published', '1px solid #16a34a', '1px solid #9ca3af')))))"
}
},
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"flex": "1.5",
"display": "flex",
"align-items": "center",
"gap": "8px"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"flex": "1",
"height": "6px",
"background-color": "#e5e7eb",
"border-radius": "3px",
"overflow": "hidden"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"width": "=toString([$Progress]) + '%'",
"height": "100%",
"border-radius": "3px",
"background-color": "=if([$Progress] < 30, '#ef4444', if([$Progress] < 66, '#3b82f6', '#22c55e'))"
}
}
]
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=toString([$Progress]) + '%'",
"style": {
"font-size": "13px",
"font-weight": "600",
"color": "#374151",
"min-width": "36px",
"text-align": "right"
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
}
Checklist — "I Can't Believe That's SharePoint"
- ✅ Full rowFormatter — NOT default column grid
- ✅ 4px colored STATUS STRIPE across the top of each card — this IS the style
- ✅ Stripe color changes per status AND turns red for overdue
- ✅ Compact single-row horizontal layout below the stripe
- ✅ Self-colored badge borders (border matches background)
- ✅ Title Case on badges — not uppercase
- ✅ Blue mid-range progress fill (#3b82f6)
- ✅ Date is secondary text below the document name — not a separate compartment
- ✅ Overdue shows inline with the date ("⚠ Overdue — 4/25/2026")
- ✅ Very subtle shadow and border — precision, not drama
- ✅ Most compact layout of all styles — highest information density
- ✅ Completely different from: Neobrutalism (stripe vs sidebar), Glassmorphism (horizontal vs stacked), Bento (single-row vs compartments), Retro (subtle vs loud)
Responsive / mobile
- ≤ 480 px: stack the inline metadata (status pill, progress, deadline) under the title rather than beside it. The top status-colored stripe stays its full width.
- Min-width hygiene: every text child needs
min-width: 0so long document names ellipsis-truncate without pushing siblings off-screen. - Touch targets: the row card is the click target — keep its height ≥ 56 px on mobile.
- Hero text: 14 px on desktop is already the floor; do not step down further or the precision tone collapses.
Implementation notes
Two independent color channels — don't collapse them
This is the single most common adaptation mistake. The style uses two color encodings simultaneously and they are driven by different fields:
| Element | Driven by | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Top stripe color | Status (Choice value → palette swatch) | In Review → amber stripe |
| Progress fill color | Progress percentage (red < 30% · amber 30–70% · blue ≥ 70%) | 82% → blue fill |
A card can therefore have an amber stripe and a blue progress fill simultaneously — that is correct, not a bug. When adapting the rowFormatter, keep these two if() expressions completely separate. Never derive one from the other.