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Unable to Change Default Highlight Color

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
data-visualization

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the highlighting-color limitation in the document-api-python library and tracing how view properties are represented in Tableau workbook files. Done means the relevant view selection color can be changed through the library and the behavior is verified.

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Description

Unable to change the highlighting color used when selecting data in a view.
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