Is there a way to make a custom field look more visually prominent in lightning layouts?

Question

I have a custom field (checkbox) on the Account object, it's been placed in the details section which is towards the top of the page layout, but I would like to make it more prominently visible by either highlighting it or any other way if this is possible. Thanks!

Answer 1

No, not with anything out of the box. You can really only control where the field shows up on the layout and whether it is required or not.

However, depending on what you're trying to achieve you could look to utilize a custom formula field which can display a different image depending on the value of the checkbox if you're looking to get across something important.

This knowledge article goes over adding them, but it's really dependent on what you're trying to convey. An easy example to show the benefit of this is for a scenario where a checkbox may signify a "denied account". You could have the formula field display a big red X when checked or a green check mark when not selected.

That's one way to make the info more visually prominent within the standard layout (or list view). Steps below are taken from the linked knowledge article (for Lightning):

1. Create a public library to hold your image files. For steps, see Enable the Library Component,
2. Upload your image files to your new library. For steps, see Add Files to a Library.
3. Create a custom field within the Object where you want the images to display (formula field of type Text)
4. Obtain the URL to the image files uploaded in Step 2 (go to file, right click image in image preview and select "copy image address").
5. Example URLs: "/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/06846000002mPro"
6. In your new custom field, enter the image URL into your formula field using the "IMAGE" function.
7. In the text area, enter your formula using the "IMAGE" function to retrieve the image file you uploaded in Step 2.
8. Paste the image URL into the "image_url" section of the IMAGE function. Don't include the Salesforce domain (ex. "/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/0687000000dz7Ex")