Description Consider a list that has a column for status which can be either "Completed" or "InProgress'".We might need to update the row with a color that shows green when the item's status is completed or orange if its in progress.To implement this in sharepoint, we need to create a content editor web part in the same page where list exits, and add the javacript code in content editor web part to perform the same. Problem this article addresses Updating a row of a list with particular color. Code Snippet <script type="text/javascript"> if(typeof jQuery=="undefined"){ var jQPath="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.1/"; document.write("<script src='",jQPath,"jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'><\/script>"); } </script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $Text = $("td .ms-vb2:contains('Completed')"); $Text.parent().css("background-color", "green"); $Text =$("td .ms-vb2:contains('InProgress')"); $Text.parent().css("background-color", "orange"); }); </script>