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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>>>>>>>>>
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