[GH-ISSUE #181] Feature request: Change format of a cell after it contens have been set #147

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opened 2026-05-05 11:47:08 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment

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Originally created by @petricf on GitHub (May 23, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/181

Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub.

Sometimes it cam be necesary to modify a format or particular format item of a cell after it has been set by (for example) worksheet_write_string.
A reason may be also to split contents from formatting (maybe design rule) like done for html and css.

A sample workflow could be:

lxw_format * format = worksheet_get_format ("row", "column");
format->setAlign (...);
worksheet_set_format ("row", "column", format);

An other solution could be to define a lxw_cell structure that would result in this workflow:

lxw_cell * cell = worksheet_get_cell ("row", "column");
cell->format->setAlign (...);

Originally created by @petricf on GitHub (May 23, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/181 Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub. Sometimes it cam be necesary to modify a format or particular format item of a cell after it has been set by (for example) worksheet_write_string. A reason may be also to split contents from formatting (maybe design rule) like done for html and css. A sample workflow could be: >lxw_format * format = worksheet_get_format ("row", "column"); >format->setAlign (...); >worksheet_set_format ("row", "column", format); An other solution could be to define a lxw_cell structure that would result in this workflow: >lxw_cell * cell = worksheet_get_cell ("row", "column"); >cell->format->setAlign (...);

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2026-05-05 11:47:17 -06:00

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@jmcnamara commented on GitHub (May 23, 2018):

Unfortunately, that isn't something that will be supported. It is a somewhat frequently requested feature in the Python and Perl versions of the library as well but it isn't implemented there either.

@jmcnamara commented on GitHub (May 23, 2018): Unfortunately, that isn't something that will be supported. It is a somewhat frequently requested feature in the Python and Perl versions of the library as well but it isn't implemented there either.