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marcbjango
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April 6, 2011
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P: Automatically select HEX value when opening color picker

  • April 6, 2011
  • 27 replies
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When the color picker is opened, the red field is automatically selected. It's very, very rare that I'd want to copy the red component of a color. However, I copy the HEX value very often. Usually it's to copy a color, then paste it into another picker, like when I'm copying a shape's fill color.

It'd be great if the hex field was automatically selected when the picker is opened, saving several clicks (four clicks when copying and pasting a shape's fill color).


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27 replies

Inspiring
May 3, 2012
It would make much more sense if the Adobe Color Picker automatically selects the HEX color when it is displayed, making for much easier copying and pasting. Currently, the R value (RGB) is selected field every time the color picker shows.

HEX values are the only fully universal and portable color value between applications, why not add this functionality?

Inspiring
April 26, 2012
I'm all for the HEX field being the field selected by default. It seems like it might be more broadly useful than defaulting to the R (Red) field. Frequently, however, I do work on projects that never use HEX as the color basis and it seems odd to specify a change that only serves web-centric workflows. Unless, of course, an option existed that would allow for user-specific tweaking...

In that vein, what I've long wished for is a "Remember last highlighted field" behavior that I could toggle, because there are times when I've had to make large numbers of iterative changes to one or two specific fields (such as when tweaking a single hue across a saturation range) where having the HEX field auto select would be equally as annoying as it is having the R field do so.
Inspiring
April 14, 2012
I applaud this idea. Yes to auto-selecting the HEX field, or at least providing an option to select it in Preferences.
Inspiring
April 14, 2012
I see no need to leave off the Web Safe option. I still use it on occasion, like when I'm using a limited spectrum of greys.
jessemellon
Participating Frequently
March 22, 2012
Yes please. Would love it if the hex values were capitalized as well. I frequently need to cut and paste from this dialog into an annotation document, and uppercase hex seems to be the preference of the developers who receive it.
Inspiring
March 22, 2012
HSL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Participating Frequently
March 22, 2012
Yes, this small thing would be amazing! At the very least make it default to the last used field.
Participating Frequently
March 22, 2012
You know you can do that from the color panel without even opening the color picker.

Or right click when sampling with the eyedropper tool.
Inspiring
March 22, 2012
+1 From me. Great design.
Participating Frequently
March 22, 2012
I'm begging you, I would love this.