[haiku-development] Re: Colors!

  • From: John Scipione <jscipione@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 15:16:54 -0400

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi John!
>
> On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:19:24 -0400 John Scipione wrote:
> > Looking at the code, the SwatchGroup class from Icon-O-Matic would be
> > a
> > better base to create an updated BColorControl than the
> > ColorPickerView in
> > Colors! since ColorPickerView has a bunch of other stuff like HSV RGB
> > boxes
> > and the eye dropper that aren't really needed in BColorControl.
>
> I think the eye dropper would be a very nice addition. The user may
> want to take an already used colour as a starting point for something,
> e.g. a slightly darker colour than the Desktop background colour.
> Those additional features could be relegated to a panel that opens when
> clicked on the colour well. See I-O-M.


Okay, I admit that I like the eye-dropper as well... it is a nice feature.
But, unfortunately, while its current design works great in Colors!, it
would not be appropriate for a class in Interface Kit.

John Scipione

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