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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
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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

marcbjango
Known Participant
April 7, 2011
@Joergen Geerds: Very good point. I completely agree.

Also, maybe it's time Web Safe Colors was removed?
Inspiring
April 6, 2011
I like that a lot. This would be very useful. I've contemplated bringing up that layer fill/colors should be possible to copy/paste, or that you could even have a color for an entire folder of layers that you could change globally.
Legend
April 6, 2011
Looks nice.
Inspiring
April 6, 2011
nice comp! I would switch the HSB section with the RGB section, because the RGB values belong to the hex values, and the HSB values belong with the Lab values (IMO). otherwise, it's a good idea.
marcbjango
Known Participant
April 6, 2011
How's this? HEX is now top left field, plus I've had a crack at some other tweaks.


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Notes:
- Colour swatches for current and new are bigger than previously.
- Window size is similar to the one in CS5.
- OK and Cancel are now bottom right of the dialogue. This is usually a good thing as bottom right is considered the end of the page/window and the place people look for the buttons to save changes.
- Older (current) colour is on the left, which is usually seen as being the past by left to right readers.
- New colour is on the right, which is usually seen as being the future by left to right readers.
- HEX field is top left.
- Color Libraries and Add To Swatches have a little more breathing space (text only just fit previously). The extra space may aid with localization, too.
- Lots of things line up, where they didn't previously.
marcbjango
Known Participant
April 6, 2011
I'm all for that. I agree that tab order is important.

It's probably worth noting that being dropped into the red (R) field is what happens now—a field that's in the middle of the tabbing order, not the start.
Legend
April 6, 2011
If we did that we'd probably want to have the HEX value above the H: field so the tabbing order remained somewhat consistent and reads left to right like a book.