> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.trymito.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.trymito.io/how-to/formatting/conditional-formatting.md). # Conditional Formatting Explore or highlight your data by changing the format of specific cells. {% hint style="info" %} This is a [Mito Pro](https://www.trymito.io/plans) feature. [Upgrade](https://www.trymito.io/plans) to highlight important data with ease. {% endhint %} Conditional formatting makes it easy to highlight certain values or make particular cells easy to identify. It changes the appearance of a cell based on a condition. You can use conditional formatting to highlight cells that contain values which meet a certain condition. ### Adding Conditional Formats 1. Open the **Home** tab of the toolbar. 2. Click **Conditional Formatting** in the toolbar. 3. Click **Add Conditional Formatting Rule.** 4. Click on the newly added rule to configure it: 1. Select the **Columns** to apply the conditional format within. 2. Select the filter condition **Where** the conditional format should apply. 3. Set the **Text Color** and **Background Color** to apply to the cells identified by this condition.

A conditional format being applied to the column X to highlight values over 7.

#### Adding Multiple Conditional Formats Conditional formatting rules will be applied in-order, with later conditional formatting rules overwriting earlier ones. For example: 1. First conditional format sets cells >= 7 to have a red background color. 2. Second conditional format sets cells >= 8 to have a blue background color. All cells equal to 7 will have a red background. All cells >= 8 will have a blue background color, as this rule is later, and so will overwrite the first conditional format. #### Invalid Conditional Formatting Rules Not all conditions can be applied to all columns. For example, if you are adding a conditional format to a number column, but you use the **string starts with** condition to select cells, this will error. If the conditional formatting rule cannot be applied, it will display an error message prompting you to update the filter condition. ### The Generated Styling Code To view the dataframe with conditional formats in your notebook, simply display the styling object generated by Mito:

The styling code generated by Mito, plus a line of code that displays the styled object.

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