tab-pal
is a TUI that makes it easier to add and edit custom colour palettes in Tableau.
You can install via pip
although I suggest using pipx
so you can use it regardless of which virtual environmental you have (or don't have) activated:
pipx install tab-pal
tab-pal
will automatically search for your Preferences.tsp
file on launch however if it can't be found you'll be prompted for the file path.
Alternatively, and what is recommended, is to create an enviromental variable called TAB_PAL_FILE
, which tab-pal
will search for on launch. This will ensure you don't need to keep supplying the file path every time you launch tab-pal
.
Add, edit and delete palettes to your heart's content!
You might need to restart Tableau if you're using tab-pal
concurrently to add/edit palettes in order to see the changes applied in Tableau.
Note that if you're using Terminal on Macbook some palette colour previews might not render correctly, as Terminal is limited to 256 colors. Instead, use iTerm2 or kitty.