Color Picker

by icarter09

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UUID: color-picker@fmete

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3 months ago 2021-07-20, 13:12

Last commit: [10bc3120] a follow-up patch to 021336a (#3803) : a small correction to the README file (#3858)

Use the color picker to select a color on the screen. The color value (HEX or RGB) will be copied to the clipboard.

README

Click on the applet, then click on a pixel, its color will be automatically copied to the clipboard.

Required Packages:

sudo apt-get install xclip python3-xlib

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20 Comments

Alexis Boni-3 weeks ago

This is porbably my most used applet. It's amazing. Thank you!

Minessota Klei-2 months ago

The applet is wonderful, very good indeed!

Emmanuel Bustos Torres-1 year ago

Nice applet. It should zoom in the area to be more precise though. Like deepin-picker for example.

muratsalikk-1 year ago

excellent applet

Das Jott-1 year ago

Running my screen on full resolution and HiDPI setting, I get weird color values. Mostly it's #000000 but there are some grayscales and even colors. But never the correct color...

someone1233-1 year ago

+1 for an option to copy the hex code without the "#" symbol !

Michael Scheper-2 years ago

Just installed it on Cinnamon 3.8.9 under Mint 19, with all three dependent packages installed. No matter what I click, it reports the colour as black (#000000). Ideas?

Das Jott-1 year ago

Are you running your screen in HiDPI? I was switching to HiDPI and am experience this exact issue since.

Naud van Dalen-3 years ago

What kind of clipboard does this app use? I can't paste it in PhpStorm, but I can paste it anywhere else and copy it again in order to paste it into PhpStorm. I don't know much about the Linux clipboard system. Only that there's a normal clipboard and a middle mouse click clipboard that copies whatever you select.

Daniel Upshaw-2 years ago

I've run into this exact strange issue... Have to paste anywhere else, then copy again in order to paste into PHPStorm... The applet uses xsel, it seems... Some of these Google results may be related: https://www.google.com/search?q=xsel+paste+into+phpstorm But I've not found a solution yet... Did you ever find a solution?

NikoKrause-2 years ago

I have replaced xsel with xclip. This should fix the issue with PhpStorm.

Robert Orzanna-3 years ago

Excellent applet! I would only make the icon a bit smaller to better fit its appearance into the panel.

Landy DeField-3 years ago

For those using Cinnamon but not Mint or a .deb based OS Arch pacman -S python2-xlib python2-numpy Using Pip installer with python3.x as the default and python2.x installed $ sudo python2 -m pip install python-xlib $ sudo python2 -m pip install numpy

Landy DeField-3 years ago

Hmm.. Arch $ sudo pacman -S python2-xlib python2-numpy

Peyu Yovev-3 years ago

It's a very nice and useful applet. Working like a charm. I just have one suggestion: Please, add an option to copy hex code without "#" symbol.

w4r0-1 year ago

I second this.

Jokko Vitch-3 years ago

Works fine on Mint 18.2 X64. Very handy tool :)

Marko-4 years ago

It's not working properly on Mint 18.2 (Cinnamon - 32bit). It don't save the clolor codes. Indeed, using CopyQ, after pick a color you cannot find the color code in history.

NikoKrause-3 years ago

I tried to improve it a bit. The description was missing a required package: »python-numpy« During color picking the cursor changes now to a crosshair and a notification with the selected color pops up.

Val Di Castello-3 years ago

Thank you for reply. Now it works fine. Yes, I guess I missed the python-numpy package at the very first install. Regards