diff --git a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts
index 679fe77fbe..5575660e15 100644
--- a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts
+++ b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export function textFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, va
 	let cellClasses = 'grid-cell-value-container';
 	let valueToDisplay = '';
 	let titleValue = '';
+	let cellStyle = '';
 
 	if (DBCellValue.isDBCellValue(value)) {
 		valueToDisplay = 'NULL';
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ export function textFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, va
 	} else if (typeof value === 'string' || (value && value.text)) {
 		if (value.text) {
 			valueToDisplay = value.text;
+			if (value.style) {
+				cellStyle = value.style;
+			}
 		} else {
 			valueToDisplay = value;
 		}
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ export function textFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, va
 		titleValue = valueToDisplay;
 	}
 
-	return `<span title="${titleValue}" class="${cellClasses}">${valueToDisplay}</span>`;
+	return `<span title="${titleValue}" style="${cellStyle}" class="${cellClasses}">${valueToDisplay}</span>`;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/executionPlan/browser/executionPlanPropertiesView.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/executionPlan/browser/executionPlanPropertiesView.ts
index cc44df0011..bd7a36c526 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/executionPlan/browser/executionPlanPropertiesView.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/executionPlan/browser/executionPlanPropertiesView.ts
@@ -126,13 +126,23 @@ export class ExecutionPlanPropertiesView extends ExecutionPlanPropertiesViewBase
 				break;
 		}
 
+		const parentRowCellStyling = 'font-weight: bold';
+
 		props.forEach((p, i) => {
 			let row = {};
 			rows.push(row);
 			row['name'] = '  '.repeat(indent) + p.name;
 			row['parent'] = parentIndex;
 			if (!isString(p.value)) {
-				row['value'] = removeLineBreaks(p.displayValue, ' ');
+				// Styling values in the parent row differently to make them more apparent and standout compared to the rest of the cells.
+				row['name'] = {
+					text: row['name'],
+					style: parentRowCellStyling
+				};
+				row['value'] = {
+					text: removeLineBreaks(p.displayValue, ' '),
+					style: parentRowCellStyling
+				};
 				this.convertModelToTableRows(p.value, rows.length - 1, indent + 2, rows);
 			} else {
 				row['value'] = removeLineBreaks(p.value, ' ');