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Bug 34599

Summary:	Core color editor should support more than primary colors
Product:	platform	Reporter:	_ tboudreau <tboudreau>
Component:	Property Editors	Assignee:	Stanislav Aubrecht <saubrecht>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	blocker	Keywords:	UI
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/types.html#ColorKeywords
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description _ tboudreau 2003-06-26 01:38:45 UTC

X11 and SVG both support a wider range of colors than
those supported by the current color editor - in
fact it's
very rare that someone actually wants pure red,
blue, orange,
etc.  It would be preferable to support some standard
color names.  One potential option:

See http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/types.html#ColorKeywords

(I think this is actually the same list of color
defs that X 
supports)

Comment 1 _ tboudreau 2004-04-19 14:52:41 UTC

Passing property editor issues to new owner, Jirka

Comment 2 Jiri Rechtacek 2008-10-16 15:49:08 UTC

It's not planned for long time. It's fair to close as WONTFIX

Comment 3 _ tboudreau 2008-10-20 23:31:42 UTC

What I'd suggest is using http://colorchooser.dev.java.net - we already bundle it in the PaintApp platform sample.  It
is a far easier to use color chooser, requires a single mouse gesture to pick a color, and much better for choosing
non-primary colors than what we have.

Comment 4 Stanislav Aubrecht 2013-01-08 13:19:30 UTC

If someone wants other color than pure red then they would probably pick color from HSB tab or Swatches tab...