# Painting the DVL with Layouts (beta)

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/painting-the-dvl-with-layouts-beta/2182484>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/painting-the-dvl-with-layouts-beta/2182484 "2022-12-16T19:56:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/painting-the-dvl-with-layouts-beta/2182484/1 "2022-12-16T19:56:29Z")

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Anyone have any tips for “painting the DVL” in DnD using Layouts? For reference, see this: [Conditional Formatting of a Data Viewer List (aka "Painting the DVL")](https://community.thunkable.com/t/conditional-formatting-of-a-data-viewer-list-aka-painting-the-dvl/2078697).

I created a Layout in a DnD project and saved the outer container as a custom data viewer layout. I then selected it in the same project as the DVL layout on a different screen.

I’m finding that any attempts I make to change the background color for a container using that method fail. As you can see in the screenshot below, I’ve tried setting the “User or Bot value” to a hex value because that column is mapped to the container’s background color for the DVL. And I’ve also tried changing the Background Color using blocks and the `row id` block. But nothing changes.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/c/2c40ffc18473a17966e86abe3bd464c36dcceac1.png)

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/painting-the-dvl-with-layouts-beta/2182484/2 "2022-12-19T01:43:55Z")

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Pretty sure this is a bug! It doesn’t work with the DVL item click event and row id block either. Although I can change the background picture the same way:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/d/6df5ed58204597f18c85276995d6f5bbfbd3c746.png)

Bug report here: [Can't change DVL container's color using blocks · Issue #1208 · thunkable/thunkable-issues · GitHub](https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/1208)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/painting-the-dvl-with-layouts-beta/2182484/3 "2023-03-19T01:44:38Z")

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