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Styling Your Dashboards

Dashboards inherit your platform's theme but can be styled further to give each one a distinct feel — colour palette, density, typography, custom CSS. This article covers the controls.

Dashboard style settings: theme palette picker (5 swatches), density (Compact/Comfortable), block corner radius, header style, custom CSS textarea, preview pane refreshes as settings change

Style Settings per Dashboard

  • Theme palette: Choose from preset palettes or define a custom one (primary, secondary, accent, background, text).
  • Density: Compact (more blocks visible) vs Comfortable (more whitespace).
  • Block corner radius: Square, slightly-rounded, fully-rounded.
  • Headers: Bold, regular, hidden.
  • Background: Solid, gradient, image.
  • Font choice: System, custom sans-serif, custom serif.
  • Custom CSS: For everything else — scoped to this dashboard.

Themed Dashboards by Audience

  • Executive dashboard: Comfortable density, large typography, premium colour palette.
  • Operations dashboard: Compact density, high contrast, emphasised status colours.
  • Customer-facing dashboard: Brand colours of the customer; comfortable density.
  • Public TV-mode dashboard: Huge typography, high contrast, auto-cycling slides.

Custom CSS Examples

  • Hide block headers: .dashboard-block-header { display: none; }.
  • Make KPI tiles pop: .kpi-tile { box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); }.
  • Branded header bar: .dashboard-header { background: linear-gradient(...); }.
  • Dark mode override: .dashboard { background: #0a0a0a; color: #fafafa; }.
Tip: Avoid custom CSS that fights the global theme. Most needs are met by the preset palette and density choices; reach for CSS only when the built-in knobs fall short.