[Appearance] add colorpicker

[diver]

Would be nice to [have ​http://dev.osdrawer.net/projects/97 Colors!-like] colorpicker integrated in Appearance.

[humdinger]

Something like it (I think it's even based on Werner's code) is already used in Icon-O-Matic. I'd love to see it integrated in a generally overhauled color picker in the API that's used everywhere, e.g. Backgrounds too.

[diver]

That would be even better.

[stippi]

Yes, a much better version of a color picker, based on Colors! is part of the Icon-O-Matic code.

[jscipione]

I wish I had more time, but, I have a system worked out that is much more elaborate than simply adding a color picker based on Colors! or using the Icon-O-Matic color picker to Appearance. What I've created is a system by which you can have several plugable color pickers, so Appearance could use one, Backgrounds another, Icon-O-Matic a third.

It would be up to the developer to install their own color picker in the right place

And the user could also pick a different default color picker by setting the mime type in FileTypes. It is based on an idea by Pavel and I've much expanded the idea and built a few basic color pickers. I haven't build one based on Colors! or Icon-O-Matic but it would be pretty easy to do that once all the other pieces are in place.

I would also like to further improve this by having a system wide set of color wells (squares of colors that you can save) that would be available to all color pickers.

[thaflo]

hi jscipione, are there any news about your color pickers?

[jscipione]

I added support for the Colors! color picker and I’ve added preliminary color container support but that still needs some work. If you’re really interested I could provide a binary to test the feature out.

[thaflo]

Yes, I'm interested!

[jscipione]

Haiku Color picker binaries with sample app. See README.txt for installation instructions.