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Display icons by repeating

This sample demonstrates the use of the padStart and split operators to repeatedly display icons for the number of values in the number column.

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Shared by Tetsuya Kawahara
Updated Jan 14, 2023

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{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "font-size": "15px",
        "margin": "5px 0px",
        "display": "flex",
        "flex-direction": "row",
        "align-items": "center"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "txtContent": "@currentField",
          "style": {
            "min-width": "30px",
            "text-align": "center"
          }
        },
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "display": "flex",
            "flex-direction": "row",
            "flex-wrap": "wrap",
            "visibility": "=if(floor(@currentField)<1,'hidden','visible')"
          },
          "children": [
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "forEach": "iterator in split(padStart('',floor(@currentField)-1,'^'),'^')",
              "style": {
                "margin": "3px"
              },
              "attributes": {
                "iconName": "Contact"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "font-size": "15px",
        "margin": "5px 0px",
        "display": "flex",
        "flex-direction": "row",
        "align-items": "center"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "txtContent": "@currentField",
          "style": {
            "min-width": "30px",
            "text-align": "center"
          }
        },
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "style": {
            "display": "flex",
            "flex-direction": "row",
            "flex-wrap": "wrap",
            "visibility": "=if(floor(@currentField)<1,'hidden','visible')"
          },
          "children": [
            {
              "elmType": "div",
              "forEach": "iterator in split(padStart('',floor(@currentField)-1,'^'),'^')",
              "style": {
                "margin": "3px"
              },
              "attributes": {
                "iconName": "Contact"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Schema compatibility review notes

This historical definition differs from the pinned Microsoft schema. This may indicate an unsupported pattern or a schema limitation. Check the original requirements and test in your tenant before use.

/children/0/children/1/children/0/forEach must match pattern "^[^\]\$@\. ]+ in (\@currentField|\[\$.+\])$"

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "font-size": "15px",
        "visibility": "=if(floor(@currentField)<1,'hidden','visible')",
        "margin": "5px 0px"
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "div",
          "forEach": "iterator in split(padStart('',floor(@currentField)-1,'^'),'^')",
          "style": {
            "margin": "3px"
          },
          "attributes": {
            "iconName": "Contact"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Schema compatibility review notes

/children/0/children/0/forEach must match pattern "^[^\]\$@\. ]+ in (\@currentField|\[\$.+\])$"

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This sample demonstrates the use of the padStart and split operators to repeatedly display icons for the number of values in the number column.

It also uses Fluent UI Icons, and by changing the iconName property, the icons to be displayed can be changed.

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This format can be applied to a Number column.

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Solution	Author(s)
number-icon-repeat.json	Tetsuya Kawahara
number-icon-repeat-with-number.json	Tetsuya Kawahara

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	January 14, 2023	Initial release

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