[Bf-taskforce25] colour picker feedback

[bkurdali at freefactory.org]

+1
totally agree with the drawbacks of the current (new) picker and your
suggestions to improve it are quite logical.

secondary suggestion:
what about keeping the rgb (or even the entire picker) under an expander
in the main panel instead of the popup?

cheers
Bassam



> Hi,
>
> We've had a few chats in IRC about the new colour picker, I thought
> I'd post an amended proposal here.
>
> The new picker is very cool, but it has some drawbacks.
>
> Good stuff:
> * It's pretty
> * It's nice and compact
> * It's fast to use for situations that don't need high precision, like
> the persistent colour picker for painting tools
>
> Bad stuff:
> * We definitely need access to the R/G/B values and sampler directly.
> Hiding this behind a modifier key goes against the transparency that
> we're trying to achieve with 2.5
> * It gets very annoying that the colour picker disappears after the
> first click (or drag). This means that you have to pull up the colour
> picker twice to set the colour properly (hue/sat/value). Hidden
> modifier keys don't count here.
>
> http://mke3.net/blender/devel/2.5/colour_picker.jpg
>
> So here's a proposal that hopefully combines the best of all worlds.
> The idea is that you can get the quick-tweak-picker with its hidden
> functionality as a shortcut, by dragging on the picker. This is
> available for people who know about it, but it's not the primary means
> of choosing a colour.
>
> But by default, the way that most people will use the colour picker
> (with a click), it shows the relevant sliders and sampler.
>
> cheers,
>
> Matt
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