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Notepad++ Quick Color Picker

Primary LanguageC++

Notepad++ Quick Color Picker

The C++ Color Picker class can also be reused in other programs.

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Original Plugin was abandoned.

Compatibility

QuickColorPicker 2.2.1.1 and newer requires Notepad++ 8.4.6 or newer.

Newer versions of Notepad++ use SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE which causes the inline color underlines to not display. If you have a scripting plugin, you can disable SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE for the buffer with QuickColorPicker manually.

editor.setTechnology(TECHNOLOGY.DEFAULT)
SCI_SENDMSG SCI_SETTECHNOLOGY SC_TECHNOLOGY_DEFAULT

Updates

v2.1

  • Updated to parse Notepad++ XML theme files. Now recognizes the follwing:

    • #ff0000
    • #ff0000 more text
    • #ff0000;
    • #ff0000.
    • (#ff0000)
    • "#ff0000"
    • <some_tag>#ff0000</some_tag>
    • olor="#ff0000"
    • rgb(255,0,0)
    • rgba(255,0,0,0)
    • hsl(255,0%,0%)
    • hsla(255,0%,0%,1)

v2.0 (orginal plugin)

  • Fixed crash problem cause by Scintilla RegExp search interface
  • Use self-drawn underline marker to avoid comflict with other plugins & features
  • Added Color Picker & Screen Picker commands for hotkey assignment
  • Added HSL & HSLA color format support
  • Added transparent color support (with adjustment)
  • Use SPACE key toggle mouse speed in Screen Picker for better aiming
  • Slightly enlarged UI elements

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Screenshot

FEATURES

  • HEX/RGB/RGBA/HSL/HSLA color code highlight
  • Double-click activation of color picker
    • double-click hex code portion "ffcc00" of hex string
    • double-click "rgb"/"rgba"/"hsl"/"hsla" header of bracket colors
  • Allow assign hotkeys for Color Picker and Screen Picker
  • Professional color palette
    • same palette layout as in most popular design software
    • recent color swatches
    • mark current color on palette
    • compare new & old colors
  • Quick HSLA color tuning
    • click to fine-tune the Hue, Saturation, Lightness or Transparency of your color
    • right-click on palette color to put the color into tuning swatch
  • Screen color picker
    • hide notepad++ window while picking color
    • zoomed aim, press SPACE to toggle precise aiming mode
    • real-time color code display
  • Access Windows Color Chooser
  • recent colors will appear in custom colors list

This project is using https://github.com/kkaefer/css-color-parser-cpp for css color parse.