1001583 - Add current set color to the eyedropper UI

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Inspector, enhancement, P3)

Description

[sjw]

It would be nice, if you always see the color that is currently set in comparison to the color you will select.

Photoshop implemented this feature in CS6 and found a pretty nice UI for it:
http://raylarose.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/eye-dropper.jpg

Comment 1

[Brian Grinstead [:bgrins]]

Interesting idea.  Since the current 'set' color only makes sense when it was opened via the colorpicker, I wonder if it would make sense to show a UI with two squares of the colors on the colorpicker itself?  Or what may be even easier would be to take the current UI and show a similar thing.

Comment 2

[Brian Grinstead [:bgrins]]

Attachment: swatches.png

idea for where to show 'initial' color swatch

Comment 3

[sjw]

It's important, that there is no border or space between the color, so you can see the difference between two similar colors.
Photoshop has a very good solution, because
a) you can compare the selected color with the color that is currently set
b) you can compare both colors with the environment
c) you have a neutral border around all to have a visible limit of the tool

Comment 4

[Jeff Griffiths (:canuckistani) (:⚡︎)]

(In reply to sjw from comment #3)
> It's important, that there is no border or space between the color, so you
> can see the difference between two similar colors.
> Photoshop has a very good solution, because
> a) you can compare the selected color with the color that is currently set
> b) you can compare both colors with the environment
> c) you have a neutral border around all to have a visible limit of the tool

Great points, and great idea overall, thanks for logging this.

Comment 5

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

filter on CLIMBING SHOES

Comment 6

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Inspector bug triage (filter on CLIMBING SHOES).