On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 01:32 -0400, bulia byak wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:57:32 -0800, Jon Phillips <jon@...763...> wrote:
Hello everyone, I thought I would pull a Bulia and drop some features. When doing web design and pre-layout, I found it annoying that I could'nt get the hex value of colors, so I added a "Copy as Hex" button when using the eye dropper to get a color value.
Actually you could always do this just by pressing Ctrl+C, which will copy the color under cursor. What would your button copy? The color you have last selected? So you must click the color first (making sure nothing is selected, to avoid repainting), then go to the toolbar and click the copy button. Two clicks instead of one shortcut.
Not everyone is as smart as you to know these magical shortcuts, even with documentation. They are helpful for new users and for getting last selected color.
- Added entry boxes for hex values of last selected color and opacity.
Why show them as text and make them editable? They change nothing, so the editability is confusing. Better make a stack of recently clicked colors, shown as swatches.
Right, that is a good idea. I guess I can just make them labels for now, and then add swatches later....no need for input boxes.
- Added "Copy as RGBA" button that copies last selected color as RGBA
value to the clipboard
- Added "Copy as HEX" button that copies the last selected color as a
HEX value (useful for web work where hex values are needed)
This is very confusing. They are _both_ hex. The only difference is that the first copies f3626200 while the second f36262 without alpha. Do we really need them both? If so can you suggest better names?
Well, the thinking behind this is the first is the RGBA value used in various places like the Fill & Stroke dialog. The Copy as HEX is to copy for use on web sites. Maybe it should be Copy for Web, or something rather than Copy as HEX.
- Added toggle switch option to select current color as visible on
screen without alpha. When not toggled, then the current color and opacity as represented with alpha becomes the stored desktop value.
- Removed the aforementioend option from the application preferences
menu, as it is now available via the dropper auxiliary toolbar.
That's very confusing too. Previously there were two options, both explained clearly. You replaced them with a single toggle button whose tooltip explains only ONE option. What's the opposite of "pick visible color"? "Pick invisible color"? :)
Right, I didn't think about that quite so intensely.
Please restore this as a two-way switch (two radio buttons or toggle buttons) with _both_ options explained.
Okay, I will replace with both options explained. But do you all agree this should then stay off the application preferences dialog? I don't think it should be in two locations.
3.) I'm sure there are some things I missed since I did this quickly. Please email/fix/post bugs about...
It's good for the start, just don't leave it in the unfinished state. Please address the above issues before adding more functionality.
I will and thanks for the comments...also, would be interested in comments on further unearthing of needs for that tool, while I'm in there working on that....might as well just knock them out.
Jon
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