python docx set table cell background and text color

Question

I am using python 2.7 with docx and I would like to change the background and text color of cells in my table based on condition.

I could not find any usefull resour

Answer 1

If you want to color fill a specific cell in a table you can use the code below. For example let's say you need to fill the first cell in the first row of your table with the RGB color 1F5C8B:

from docx.oxml.ns import nsdecls
from docx.oxml import parse_xml

shading_elm_1 = parse_xml(r''.format(nsdecls('w')))
table.rows[0].cells[0]._tc.get_or_add_tcPr().append(shading_elm_1)

Now if you want to also fill the second cell in the first row with the same color, you should create a new element otherwise if you use the same element as above the fill will move on and will disappear from the first cell...

shading_elm_2 = parse_xml(r''.format(nsdecls('w')))
table.rows[0].cells[1]._tc.get_or_add_tcPr().append(shading_elm_2)

...and so on for other cells.

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/python-docx/-c3OrRHA3qo