Change row color for phases in Gantt chart

James Lindsay

I am starting a project using a smartsheet template, and the template assigns different colors to different Phases of the sample project. See attached image- Phase 1 is gray, Phase 2 is green, Phase 3 is blue, etc.

These colors extend through to the Gantt chart view as well. However, when I tried to add a phase I could not find how to add a color to that phase row in the Gantt chart. So I would like to either add a row color for a new phase or edit the colors for the existing phases, etc.

Any ideas how to do this? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Connor Hartford

Hi James,

You must select the whole row. There's a hashed section all the way to the left, if you click that it selects the whole row. Then you can change the background color and it will change on the Gantt chart too.

Connor

Connor Hartford

Hi James,

You must select the whole row. There's a hashed section all the way to the left, if you click that it selects the whole row. Then you can change the background color and it will change on the Gantt chart too.

Connor

James Lindsay

Thanks. I feel stupid.