# \[BUG\]Style Customizer Dataset Gradient **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, vision\ **Created:** [December 11, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777 "2025-12-11T23:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/1 "2025-12-11T23:00:38Z")
v8.1.35 I have a shape with a custom property that drives a style customizer to update the fill paint. This is what my styles dataset looks like. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/8/28a35d875db3f58371cb9e49f40cb6fbea09f444.png) I am trying to update the gradient color(s). I cannot edit the `fillPaint` column at all in the dataset viewer, but I am able to edit the other columns. I try to copy the dataset and edit it in n++. ```python "#NAMES" "status","animationIndex","animationDuration","fillPaint" "#TYPES" "I","I","I","java.awt.Paint" "#ROWS","5" "0","0","1000","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@651f0ade" "1","0","1000","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@2723f246" "2","0","1000","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@3576b796" "3","0","800","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@36107dbe" "3","1","800","color(0,255,255,255)" ``` → (second gradient updated) ```python "#NAMES" "status","animationIndex","animationDuration","fillPaint" "#TYPES" "I","I","I","java.awt.Paint" "#ROWS","5" "0","0","1000","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@7e4450d2" "1","0","1000","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@5d0869fc" "2","0","1000","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@3e18aba5" "3","0","800","com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@11f7da90" "3","1","800","color(71,255,255,255)" ``` But I get this error when pasting it back ```python ClassCastException: Cannot coerce string value 'com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@5d0869fc' into a color ``` What’s weird is that this error isn’t thrown on the _first_ gradient, but the one that was updated. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/2 "2025-12-11T23:21:24Z")
> [@amarks](#): > > `com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.paints.RelativeLinearGradientPaint@36107dbe` That's a default Java `toString()` representation of an object, which is fine while the object lives in memory or when it's serialized by Vision, but is _not_ sufficient if you copy out to CSV and paste back in (a necessarily lossy serialization/deserialization operation). There's no canonical acceptable string format for a complicated gradient paint, so you'll have to do what you're trying to do in some other way; you cannot copy out to clipboard and paste back in. ---
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/3 "2025-12-11T23:38:04Z")
Alright, I’m also trying to figure out how it _got in there_ in the first place… ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/4 "2025-12-12T19:40:31Z")
If you set up a shape with a gradient (by directly editing the fill paint property), you're allowed to set up a gradient fill, because the property type is `Paint`, not the more restrictive `Color` (which is all the style customizer is _intended_ to support.) But as a convenience, the style customizer 'grabs' the current value of the property when you open it and attempt to create a new style, which can lead you to an otherwise "impossible" style in the style customizer: ![Screenshot 2025-12-12 at 11.37.18 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/a/9ab38d9af6fc59d45b041ded9f15418b64539f09.jpeg) At least, that's one possible way to do it; there might be others. It's basically a bug that we allow this, though it does appear to work (as long as you're careful not to edit the fill through the customizer or dataset). ---
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/5 "2025-12-12T20:06:48Z")
That explains how to get _one_ gradient in the styles table. Still unsure how there are _multiple_ in this one ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/6 "2025-12-12T20:10:43Z")
Such a dataset could be created with a script. Who made it originally? ---
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/7 "2025-12-12T20:11:47Z")
Me 😅 I don’t think I used a script… ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-style-customizer-dataset-gradient/112777/8 "2025-12-12T20:18:43Z")
If you do what I said once and _then_ add rows, it'll repeat the gradient to the other rows.