I Hate the New Color Picker

Roger Guay irog at mac.com
Mon Dec 8 17:18:17 EST 2014


Aha, the thought plickens! I’m running Yosemite 10.10.1 and find the dot appearing in LC 6.7.1 (rc2)  but NOT in LC 6.6.5 nor in 6.7. 





> On Dec 8, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Terence Heaford <t.heaford at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> Should have said my screen shot showing the dot is LC community 6.7.1 (RC3) running on iMac 21.5 Yosemite 10.10.1
> 
> The dot show on TextEdit, Numbers, Pages.
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> Terry
> 
> 
>> On 8 Dec 2014, at 19:49, Howard Bornstein <bornstein at designeq.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, this is strange. I was checking out the color picker in Yosemite
>> using TextEdit, which incidentally, doesn't have those Cancel and OK
>> buttons, but has the dot to pull down the color dock. When I call up the
>> color picker in LC, I get the same view as Geoff, with two lines of palette
>> docks and no dot to extend the dock section. Unlike Roger, I couldn't find
>> the "sweet spot" to make this work.
>> 
>> Apparently, LC has modified the system color wheel to a certain extent.
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:21 AM, William de Smet <williamdesmet at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Geoff,
>>> 
>>> This is my ColorPicker. I only have one visible line.
>>> I am on Yosemite 10.10.1 with LC 6.6.5 on a 21,5 inch iMac.
>>> 
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/pkqwsgvu6i5q7tz/ColorPickerYosemite.png?dl=0
>>> 
>>> greetings,
>>> 
>>> William
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2014-12-08 19:57 GMT+01:00 Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>>> William, I'm with you: no small dot, no resizing -- vertically, at least
>>> --
>>>> I can make the color picker wider up to a point. Here's a link to a
>>> screen
>>>> shot:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahzx78f6kzudgcl/Screenshot%202014-12-08%2013.56.46.png?dl=0
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Poke around just between and above the Cancel and OK btns and you’ll
>>> find
>>>>> the sweet spot where the cursor turns to a hand.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Roger
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 9:28 AM, William de Smet <williamdesmet at gmail.com
>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> Can someone post a screenshot because I don't see a small dot on the
>>>>>> Yosemite color picker.
>>>>>> I am also stuck with one row of colors.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> William
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2014-12-08 8:17 GMT+01:00 Howard Bornstein <bornstein at designeq.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I wouldn't have seen it myself if I hadn't used my large Holmesian
>>>>>>> magnifying glass.;-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thank you Howard! There’s a tiny dot there that I had not noticed.
>>>> You
>>>>>>>> don’t know how many times I tried to pull down from every point
>>> other
>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>>> that tiny dot to no avail. What a twit I am!!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Howard Bornstein <
>>>> bornstein at designeq.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Just pull down from the bottom of the color picker patches and
>>>> you'll
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>> 10 rows, just like earlier versions.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Just the flatness of it, but more importantly, the limit of just
>>>> one
>>>>>>> row
>>>>>>>>>> of color patches. I was used to using multiple rows to record and
>>>>>>> manage
>>>>>>>>>> multiple projects. I realize now that It’s no biggie, and I
>>>>>>> overreacted!
>>>>>>>>>> I’ll build a better tool for what I need and offer to all to make
>>>> up
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> petulance.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Roger
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> How does the color picker look different to you? I'm on Yosemite
>>>> and
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>> looks the same as I remember: color picker choices across the
>>> top:
>>>>>>>> color
>>>>>>>>>>> wheel (default), color sliders, etc.; then the color wheel
>>> itself
>>>>>>> below
>>>>>>>>>>> that; then the saturation slider below that; then the actual
>>> color
>>>>>>>>>> selected
>>>>>>>>>>> and the saved colors below that; and finally the cancel and okay
>>>>>>>> buttons
>>>>>>>>>>> below that.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m sure the new color picker is totally Apple’s (Yosemite)
>>>> fault,
>>>>>>>> but I
>>>>>>>>>>>> hate it? It’s ugly and not as functional as the old one.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there anything I can do about it, like go back to the old
>>> one?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Roger
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>>>>>>>>> 
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