Alternative Row Highlighting in Birt

To improve readability of a list report, alternative row highlighting can be applied to the detail row of a table. Select the entire row, and then click on the Highlighting Tab in the Property Editor. Click Add and then paste the following text

row.__rownum %2

into the "if the following condition is true field". Set the next field to equal to and then put a 0 into the last field. Then down at the bottom, select "background color" and pick out a LIGHT grey color. You'll be presented with basic colors, but I like to pick a custom lighter grey because it prints better.