feature request: color picker

Classic Servoy
1

could you think of a color picker, that enables a user to choose a color and return the code of the color? with that, we could store and set colors database-driven.

2

We could made a method:
var color = application.showColorChooser()
which you could use as:
elements.anElement.fgcolor = color

whould this help? (this is not exactly database driven, but you could store the color)

3

that’s it! thanks.

4

implemented, in release 1.2rc4.

5

are there any more clues on how to use the colour picker so that a user can pick a colour that is entered into the database…

ps is there any way to use an eye droper for copying a colour

many thanks

i guess im hoping for a basic guide if one exists, ive read a few notes on colour picker but am still unsure how to actually use the method

thanks

Eugene

6

I do not understand your questions fully but making it possible for a user the pick a color and store this in the record, do something similar like:
textualColorColumn = application.showColorChooser(); // this stores the “#FE340D” alike codes in the column of current record.

7

Jan Blok:
I do not understand your questions fully but making it possible for a user the pick a color and store this in the record, do something similar like:
textualColorColumn = application.showColorChooser(); // this stores the “#FE340D” alike codes in the column of current record.

I am having troubles to get to work in a table-view.
I use

var a = application.showColorChooser();
if (a){
	kleur = a;
}

Are there problems with this in a table-view?? It works perfectly in List and Record view

8

Im not aware of any problems
Is your tableview element transparent?
Or are you using bgcolorcalc?

9

Jan Blok:
Im not aware of any problems
Is your tableview element transparent?
Or are you using bgcolorcalc?

No and nope
As soon as I change the form into Record or Listview it works like a charm

Servoy Developer
Version R2 2.2.5-build 337
Java version 1.5.0_06-b05 (Windows 2000)

10

please create a support case in the support system, with a sample solution

11

tweetie:

Jan Blok:
Im not aware of any problems
Is your tableview element transparent?
Or are you using bgcolorcalc?

No and nope
As soon as I change the form into Record or Listview it works like a charm

It also might have sumthing to do the field is non-editable??
I made the field where the color is stored start up this Method

Servoy Developer
Version R2 2.2.5-build 337
Java version 1.5.0_06-b05 (Windows 2000)

12

Ignore the non-editable field thing…it doesnt make a difference…still not working in table view

13

I have a feature request for the existing application.showColorChooser(), that I haven’t seen.

I would like to have an option to preload/init the 35 “recent” swatch chips.

You might avoid adding new arguments, by simply detecting a color arg strings of this nature:

“|||…”

Thanks for considering..