objectstack-ai · os-zhuang · Jul 10, 2026 · Jul 10, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/xlsx-export-select-colours.md b/.changeset/xlsx-export-select-colours.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+"@objectstack/rest": minor
+---
+
+feat(rest): colour select/radio cells in xlsx exports with their option colour
+
+The data export route (`GET /data/:object/export`) now carries a select /
+radio field's option `color` into the generated Excel workbook as the cell's
+**font colour** (white cell background), so an exported sheet reads like the
+in-app coloured badges instead of plain black text. csv / json output is
+unchanged.
+
+- `export-format.ts` gains `toArgb()` (hex `#RGB` / `#RRGGBB` → exceljs ARGB
+  `FFRRGGBB`, `undefined` for anything not plain hex) and `cellFontColor()`
+  (resolves the matched select/radio option's colour for one cell; returns
+  `undefined` — i.e. leave it unstyled — for non-option fields, unmatched
+  values, colourless options, or invalid hex). `ExportFieldMeta.options` now
+  carries the option `color`.
+- `createXlsxStream(res, useStyles)` takes the flag through to exceljs'
+  `WorkbookWriter`; the route enables styling and sets `cell.font.color`
+  per-cell only for xlsx.
+
+Styling is heavier than a bare value dump, so it is gated behind a **10 000-row
+cap** (`STYLE_ROW_CAP`): exports whose effective limit exceeds it stream
+without colours (all rows intact) and set `X-Export-Styles: dropped`; coloured
+exports set `X-Export-Styles: applied`. This mirrors the "formatted export has a
+lower ceiling than a raw dump" pattern used by Salesforce / ServiceNow. The
+existing 50 000-row hard cap is unchanged.
+
+Closes #2757.
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/export-format.test.ts b/packages/rest/src/export-format.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the xlsx colour helpers on the export path: {@link toArgb}
+ * (hex → exceljs ARGB) and {@link cellFontColor} (select/radio option colour
+ * for one cell). Both are pure and return `undefined` whenever a cell should
+ * stay unstyled, so the export never emits an invalid workbook.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { toArgb, cellFontColor, type ExportFieldMeta } from './export-format';
+
+describe('toArgb', () => {
+  it('expands 3-digit hex to opaque ARGB', () => {
+    expect(toArgb('#3ab')).toBe('FF33AABB');
+    expect(toArgb('abc')).toBe('FFAABBCC'); // leading # optional
+  });
+
+  it('prefixes 6-digit hex with the opaque alpha, upper-cased', () => {
+    expect(toArgb('#e11d48')).toBe('FFE11D48');
+    expect(toArgb('E11D48')).toBe('FFE11D48');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined for anything that is not plain hex', () => {
+    for (const bad of ['', '  ', '#12', '#12345', '#1234567', 'red', 'rgb(1,2,3)', '#gggggg', null, undefined, 42, {}]) {
+      expect(toArgb(bad as unknown)).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe('cellFontColor', () => {
+  const priority: ExportFieldMeta = {
+    name: 'priority', type: 'select', label: '优先级',
+    options: [{ label: '高', value: 'high', color: '#e11d48' }, { label: '低', value: 'low', color: '#3ab' }],
+  };
+
+  it('resolves the matched select option colour to ARGB', () => {
+    expect(cellFontColor('high', priority)).toBe('FFE11D48');
+    expect(cellFontColor('low', priority)).toBe('FF33AABB');
+  });
+
+  it('works for radio the same as select', () => {
+    const radio: ExportFieldMeta = { ...priority, type: 'radio' };
+    expect(cellFontColor('high', radio)).toBe('FFE11D48');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when the cell should stay unstyled', () => {
+    // No/blank value.
+    expect(cellFontColor(null, priority)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(cellFontColor(undefined, priority)).toBeUndefined();
+    // Value has no matching option.
+    expect(cellFontColor('urgent', priority)).toBeUndefined();
+    // Matched option carries no colour.
+    const noColor: ExportFieldMeta = { name: 'p', type: 'select', options: [{ label: 'X', value: 'x' }] };
+    expect(cellFontColor('x', noColor)).toBeUndefined();
+    // Non-option field type is never coloured, even with a hex-looking value.
+    const text: ExportFieldMeta = { name: 't', type: 'text' };
+    expect(cellFontColor('#e11d48', text)).toBeUndefined();
+    // Missing metadata entirely.
+    expect(cellFontColor('high', undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+    // Multiselect is out of scope (ambiguous single font colour for many values).
+    const multi: ExportFieldMeta = { ...priority, type: 'multiselect' };
+    expect(cellFontColor('high', multi)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/export-format.ts b/packages/rest/src/export-format.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export interface ExportFieldMeta {
   name: string;
   type?: string;
   label?: string;
-  options?: Array<{ label?: string; value?: unknown }>;
+  options?: Array<{ label?: string; value?: unknown; color?: string }>;
   /** Target object for lookup / master_detail / user fields. */
   reference?: string;
   /** Field on the referenced record to show as its label. */
@@ -128,6 +128,36 @@ function optionLabel(value: unknown, options?: Array<{ label?: string; value?: u
   return hit?.label ?? value;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Normalize a CSS-ish hex color to exceljs' 8-digit ARGB (`FFRRGGBB`, opaque).
+ * Accepts `#RGB` / `#RRGGBB` with or without the leading `#`, any case.
+ * Returns `undefined` for anything else (empty, named colors, rgb(), garbage)
+ * so callers simply skip styling rather than emit an invalid workbook.
+ */
+export function toArgb(color: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof color !== 'string') return undefined;
+  const hex = color.trim().replace(/^#/, '');
+  if (/^[0-9a-fA-F]{3}$/.test(hex)) {
+    const [r, g, b] = hex;
+    return `FF${r}${r}${g}${g}${b}${b}`.toUpperCase();
+  }
+  if (/^[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/.test(hex)) return `FF${hex}`.toUpperCase();
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Font color (exceljs ARGB) for one cell, driven by the matched select/radio
+ * option's `color`. Returns `undefined` when the field is not option-typed, no
+ * option matches, the option has no color, or the color is not a valid hex —
+ * i.e. whenever the cell should stay unstyled.
+ */
+export function cellFontColor(value: unknown, meta?: ExportFieldMeta): string | undefined {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined) return undefined;
+  if (!meta || !meta.type || !OPTION_TYPES.has(meta.type) || !meta.options) return undefined;
+  const hit = meta.options.find((o) => o && o.value === value);
+  return toArgb(hit?.color);
+}
+
 function displayFromRecord(rec: Record<string, unknown>, displayField?: string): string {
   if (displayField && rec[displayField] != null) return String(rec[displayField]);
   for (const k of NAME_KEY_FALLBACKS) {

diff --git a/packages/rest/src/export-integration.test.ts b/packages/rest/src/export-integration.test.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ const TASK = {
     done: { name: 'done', type: 'boolean' as const, label: '完成' },
     priority: {
       name: 'priority', type: 'select' as const, label: '优先级',
-      options: [{ label: '高', value: 'high' }, { label: '低', value: 'low' }],
+      // `color` drives the xlsx font colour; '#3ab' exercises the 3-digit path.
+      options: [{ label: '高', value: 'high', color: '#e11d48' }, { label: '低', value: 'low', color: '#3ab' }],
     },
     due: { name: 'due', type: 'date' as const, label: '截止' },
     owner: { name: 'owner', type: 'lookup' as const, label: '负责人', reference: 'user', displayField: 'name' },
@@ -255,6 +256,43 @@ describe('export route — real engine + protocol integration', () => {
     expect(r1).toEqual(['1', '写代码', '是', '高', '2026-06-30', '张三']);
   });
 
+  it('XLSX: select cells get the option colour as font colour; header signals applied', async () => {
+    const { res, getBuffer, headers } = makeBinRes();
+    await route.handler({ params: { object: 'task' }, query: { format: 'xlsx' } } as any, res);
+
+    // Default limit (10000) is within the style cap, so colours are applied.
+    expect(headers['X-Export-Styles']).toBe('applied');
+
+    const wb = new ExcelJS.Workbook();
+    await wb.xlsx.load(getBuffer() as any);
+    const ws = wb.worksheets[0];
+    // priority is column 4 (ID, 标题, 完成, 优先级, ...).
+    const highCell = ws.getRow(2).getCell(4); // '高' → #e11d48
+    const lowCell = ws.getRow(3).getCell(4);  // '低' → #3ab (shorthand)
+    expect((highCell.font?.color as any)?.argb).toBe('FFE11D48');
+    expect((lowCell.font?.color as any)?.argb).toBe('FF33AABB');
+    // A non-option cell (title) stays unstyled.
+    expect(ws.getRow(2).getCell(2).font?.color).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('XLSX: exceeding the style cap drops styling but keeps all rows', async () => {
+    const { res, getBuffer, headers } = makeBinRes();
+    await route.handler(
+      { params: { object: 'task' }, query: { format: 'xlsx', limit: '20000' } } as any,
+      res,
+    );
+
+    expect(headers['X-Export-Styles']).toBe('dropped');
+    const wb = new ExcelJS.Workbook();
+    await wb.xlsx.load(getBuffer() as any);
+    const ws = wb.worksheets[0];
+    // Data is intact...
+    const r1 = (ws.getRow(2).values as any[]).slice(1).map((v) => String(v));
+    expect(r1).toEqual(['1', '写代码', '是', '高', '2026-06-30', '张三']);
+    // ...but the select cell carries no font colour.
+    expect(ws.getRow(2).getCell(4).font?.color).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it('JSON: readable values, all rows present', async () => {
     const { res, chunks, headers } = makeRes();
     await route.handler({ params: { object: 'task' }, query: { format: 'json' } } as any, res);

diff --git a/packages/rest/src/rest-server.ts b/packages/rest/src/rest-server.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     headerLabel,
     formatRowCells,
     formatRowForJson,
+    cellFontColor,
     type ExportFieldMeta,
 } from './export-format.js';
 import { runImport } from './import-runner.js';
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ function rowsToCsv(
  * ended. Dynamically imported so `node:stream` / `exceljs` stay out of the
  * module's static graph.
  */
-async function createXlsxStream(res: any): Promise<{
+async function createXlsxStream(res: any, useStyles = false): Promise<{
     ws: any;
     finalize: () => Promise<void>;
 }> {
@@ -797,7 +798,7 @@ async function createXlsxStream(res: any): Promise<{
         passthrough.on('error', reject);
     });
 
-    const wb = new ExcelJS.stream.xlsx.WorkbookWriter({ stream: passthrough, useStyles: false });
+    const wb = new ExcelJS.stream.xlsx.WorkbookWriter({ stream: passthrough, useStyles });
     const ws = wb.addWorksheet('Export');
 
     return {
@@ -3949,6 +3950,11 @@ export class RestServer {
         // Streams the response so 50k-row exports do not buffer in memory; the
         // xlsx path pipes exceljs' streaming writer straight onto the response.
         // Filename suggests `${object}-${YYYY-MM-DD}.${ext}` for browsers.
+        //
+        // xlsx only: select / radio cells are coloured with their option's
+        // `color` as the font colour (white cell background) when the effective
+        // limit is <= 10000. Larger exports drop styling for performance and set
+        // `X-Export-Styles: dropped` (else `applied`); csv / json are unaffected.
         this.routeManager.register({
             method: 'GET',
             path: `${dataPath}/:object/export`,
@@ -3972,9 +3978,17 @@ export class RestServer {
                     const includeHeader = String(q.header ?? 'true').toLowerCase() !== 'false';
                     const HARD_CAP = 50_000;
                     const MAX_CHUNK = 5_000;
+                    // Styled xlsx (per-cell font colour from select options) is far
+                    // heavier than a bare value dump, so cap it well below HARD_CAP;
+                    // above this the export still succeeds, just without colours.
+                    const STYLE_ROW_CAP = 10_000;
                     const requestedLimit = q.limit != null ? Math.max(1, Number(q.limit) || 0) : 10_000;
                     const limit = Math.min(requestedLimit, HARD_CAP);
                     const chunkSize = Math.min(MAX_CHUNK, Math.max(50, q.page != null ? Number(q.page) || 500 : 500));
+                    // Colour cells only for xlsx within the style cap; decided up
+                    // front (before streaming) since we can't know the true row
+                    // count until the stream drains.
+                    const styled = format === 'xlsx' && limit <= STYLE_ROW_CAP;
 
                     let filter: any = undefined;
                     if (typeof q.filter === 'string' && q.filter.length > 0) {
@@ -4062,13 +4076,17 @@ export class RestServer {
                     }
                     res.header('X-Export-Format', format);
                     res.header('X-Export-Limit', String(limit));
+                    // Signal whether select-option colours were applied. Only
+                    // meaningful for xlsx; 'dropped' means the limit exceeded the
+                    // style cap so the workbook is colourless but complete.
+                    if (format === 'xlsx') res.header('X-Export-Styles', styled ? 'applied' : 'dropped');
                     res.header('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
 
                     let exported = 0;
                     let firstChunk = true;
                     let skip = 0;
                     if (format === 'json') res.write('[');
-                    const xlsx = format === 'xlsx' ? await createXlsxStream(res) : null;
+                    const xlsx = format === 'xlsx' ? await createXlsxStream(res, styled) : null;
 
                     while (exported < limit) {
                         const take = Math.min(chunkSize, limit - exported);
@@ -4107,8 +4125,16 @@ export class RestServer {
                             if (firstChunk && includeHeader) {
                                 xlsx!.ws.addRow((fields ?? []).map((f) => headerLabel(f, metaMap))).commit();
                             }
+                            const cols = fields ?? [];
                             for (const row of rows) {
-                                xlsx!.ws.addRow(formatRowCells(row, fields ?? [], metaMap)).commit();
+                                const r = xlsx!.ws.addRow(formatRowCells(row, cols, metaMap));
+                                if (styled) {
+                                    cols.forEach((f, i) => {
+                                        const argb = cellFontColor(row?.[f], metaMap.get(f));
+                                        if (argb) r.getCell(i + 1).font = { color: { argb } };
+                                    });
+                                }
+                                r.commit();
                             }
                         } else {
                             for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {