Is it possible to assign conditional formatting to a named range in Google Sheets?

Question

I'd like to apply a conditional formatting rule to a named range. Is that even possible? How do I do that? When trying to enter the Name of the Range to the Field where you set up the range the rule applies to it won't accept my input.

Also with INDIRECT it does not work:

Answer 1

this is not possible in Google Sheets

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for the custom formula you need to wrap it into INDIRECT formula like:

Answer 2

I think it is not possible, it is not documented in official docs.

Range names:

• Can contain only letters, numbers, and underscores.
• Can't start with a number, or the words "true" or "false."
• Can't contain any spaces or punctuation.
• Must be 1–250 characters.
• Can't be in either A1 or R1C1 syntax. For example, you might get an error if you give your range a name like "A1:B2" or "R1C1:R2C2."

Answer 3

The following works for my specific use case, where the named range is an "unknown" number of rows.

In this case, A1 is a column heading, and is not part of the named range. A2:A5 is currently assigned to the named range, CitationType. Conditional formatting is applied to A1:A based on the formula:

=and(row(A1)>1,row(A1)<=1+rows(indirect("CitationType")))

I did not find an easy way (without scripting) to get the address details of a named range, allowing for "arbitrary" usage in conditional formatting.