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This sample demonstrates changing managed metadata values to tag-like appearance.

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Shared by Tetsuya Kawahara
Updated Sep 17, 2023

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{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "display": "flex",
    "flex-wrap": "wrap"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "margin": "5px"
      },
      "forEach": "tag in @currentField",
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "display": "flex",
            "flex-direction": "row",
            "align-items": "center"
          },
          "children": [
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "style": {
                "border-top": "12px solid transparent",
                "border-bottom": "12px solid transparent",
                "border-right": "10px solid"
              },
              "attributes": {
                "class": "ms-fontColor-themePrimary"
              }
            },
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "style": {
                "display": "flex",
                "flex-direction": "row",
                "align-items": "center",
                "height": "24px",
                "white-space": "nowrap",
                "border-top-right-radius": "3px",
                "border-bottom-right-radius": "3px"
              },
              "attributes": {
                "class": "ms-bgColor-themePrimary"
              },
              "children": [
                {
                  "elmType": "div",
                  "style": {
                    "width": "6px",
                    "height": "6px",
                    "border-radius": "50%"
                  },
                  "attributes": {
                    "class": "ms-bgColor-white"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "elmType": "div",
                  "txtContent": "[$tag]",
                  "style": {
                    "padding-left": "6px",
                    "padding-right": "10px"
                  },
                  "attributes": {
                    "class": "ms-fontColor-white ms-fontSize-s"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
View sourceLink to this definitionmanaged-metadata-tag-multiple-values.json

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Summary

This sample demonstrates changing managed metadata values to tag-like appearance.

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View requirements

This format can be applied to a Managed Metadata column. Or it can be applied to a Choice Column too.

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Solution Author(s)
managed-metadata-tag.json Tetsuya Kawahara
managed-metadata-tag-multiple-values.json Tetsuya Kawahara

Version history

Version Date Comments
1.0 September 17, 2023 Initial release

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