Change color Marketo boolean switches in Editor

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May 27, 2019
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While creating boolean switches for a Marketo email 2.0 template we noticed that the content didn't show in the modules inside the email editor. The reason being is that Marketo shows the module previews with their boolean value set to "false" even if the default is set to "true".
Wanting to have the content show we needed to make the booleans set to "false" with the values for that inverted from the true value.
That makes the "active" switches look grey instead of green.

Long story short, is it possible to make the button switch green for "false" and grey for "true"? I put the style in my email template but Marketo UI doesn't read the css at all!

Here are the classes for the boolean switches with their colors inverted and !important added, to no effect:

.x4-reset .x4-toggle-label-off{background-color:#00b73a!important;color:#fff!important;}.x4-reset .x4-toggle-label-on {background-color: #cbcbcb!important;color: #626864!important;}‍

I also tried being very specific using the id's for the boolean switch and it was still completely ignored.

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the boolean switches colors?

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SanfordWhiteman

Level 10

Your CSS can't take effect because you're referring to a different document (the parent document of the IFRAME). While it's technically possible to jump that hurdle, the resulting setup will be extraordinarily fragile.

This kind of UI hack should be off-limits if there's any alternative (the alternative including "living with the gray background").

Crystal_PachecoAuthor

Level 4

I understand that it should be off-limits, I was just wondering if I could manipulate it a little with a simple color change, I'm not breaking anything.

SanfordWhiteman

Level 10

Once you break out of the frame to apply that style, you then also have to hide the script that breaks the frame (using Velocity) so it never gets sent to users. it's a very complex setup for not enough payoff IMO. There's no way to simply change it, you already tried the simple way!

Bryan_Epstein

Level 5

Just out of curiosity, do you have four variables defined in the template to execute what appears to only be two scenarios? If so, you could accomplish what you are looking to do with defining the two variables below. Am I missing anything?

<meta class="mktoBoolean" id="border-under-title" mktoName="Border Under Title" default="true" false_value="[Your False Value Here]" true_value="[Your True Value Here]" false_value_name="Yes" true_value_name="No">
<meta class="mktoBoolean" id="title" mktoName="Title" default="true" false_value="[Your False Value Here]" true_value="[Your True Value Here]" false_value_name="On" true_value_name="Off">‍‍‍‍

Crystal_PachecoAuthor

Level 4

I don't know what you mean by four variables defined. There are two.
I put the default to false so I could see the content in the module preview. Marketo uses the variable as false for module previews.

<meta class="mktoBoolean" id="Border02" mktoname="Border Under Title" true_value_name="No" true_value="0" false_value_name="Yes" false_value="2" default="false" mktomodulescope="true" />
<meta class="mktoBoolean" id="ShowTitle" mktoname="Title" false_value_name="On" false_value="cursor:auto;" true_value_name="Off" true_value="display:none; max-height:0px; height:0px; max-width:0px; opacity:0; overflow:hidden;" default="false" mktomodulescope="true" />‍‍

In doing so, it makes the "active" on switch grey, because its technically false, but I wanted to have the color be green for false and grey for true in this particular case.

Bryan_Epstein

Level 5

I may be confused on what you are looking to do, but can't this be resolved by using the inverse of the TRUE/FALSE values stated?

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