# Icon linked to/based on Label or Status **URL:** \ **Category:** Wish List\ **Tags:** metadata\ **Created:** [November 17, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/icon-linked-to-based-on-label-or-status/31912 "2015-11-17T20:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/icon-linked-to-based-on-label-or-status/31912/7 "2026-05-22T15:40:09Z")
Hi. (Not to dismiss or diminish your request in any way or form.) If you don’t currently use labels, you can swap labels and statusses, and have the binder color documents, per status. > [@Setting up labels for color coding binder documents](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/setting-up-labels-for-color-coding-binder-documents/132269): > > [image] [image] Double click the color dot: [image] [image] Pick your color. Ok, Ok → Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [image] [image] . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple binder selection: [image] Right-click: [image] Document(s) selected: [image] Document(s) not selected: [image] . . . . . . . . . . . . → Once designed, a set of labels can be saved as part of a project template, as well as be dragged from one project’s settings’ label tab to another. wink . .… > [@Labels do not work](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/labels-do-not-work/134037/5): > > For clarity: This is something that has to be done manually, by the user. You rename your labels list “Status”, your status list “Labels”, and then customize their content accordingly. It is not a built in option that would automatically make the status list’s items have colors associated with them. . . . . . . . . . . . That is actually how myself I use labels to track progress. I know exactly where I’m at with a project from just a quick peek at the binder. For example, here’s how file… . . . . . . . You may also design your own icons, and use them rather than the real status metadata, if you don’t actually use the status for other functions (filter, search and the likes). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/icon-linked-to-based-on-label-or-status/31912)._