Half fill Table Cell

[fabulousdesigner]

I am using a Table to create a calendar.  Each cell has a number for the date. Some of the cells are shaded to indicate an event is occuring. Some days have 2 events so I would like to have the shading/background have 2 colors (split in half diagonlly)  but also still include the date.  I'm hoping someone has a trick for this that can happen in the cell.  If I turn the cell to a graphic cell, the number disappears.  The only other thought I have to put the background as a graphic behind the table... not ideal.

Thank you

[Laubender]

Hi fabulousdesigner,

there is a trick to do that.

You need a square that is anchored Above Line in the text cell filled with a gradient that has 4 color stops at 0% 50% for the one color of the diagonal and stops 50%, 100% for the second color where the gradient in the square is rotated by -45°. From my German InDesign where the anchored square is selected. Cell insets are 0. No cell strokes:

Download my sample InDesign 2021 document from my Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oas2pwzk0hufh0f/DiagonalFilledCell-2021.indd?dl=1

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

Another option is to use the Diagonal Lines table cell option. First, set up a new stroke style that is half black, half gap.

Then create your diagonal line in the cell using the half and half line style you have created - with a wide enought stroke to fill the cell. One of your colors will be the stroke color, and the other, the gap color. 

[fabulousdesigner]

Perfect and so easy!  Thank you.   Laubender's solution could work with a some finagling but couldn't work with the way I had my text designed.

[jamesspencercbs]

This worked a charm as far as the fill.....however I still need to have the stroke around the edge of the cell, which this method seems to remove as it's a stroke. Is there a way to retrain the outer stroke and make the fill diagonal?

[Laubender]

Hi fabulousdesigner,

SJRiegel's solution is the easier option. So stick with this.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[fabulousdesigner]

Thank you for your reply.  You're right, the stroke style option abover worked like a charm.

[Laubender]

And it's way more flexible when it comes to changing the dimensions of the cells.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )