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Hi Michel,

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Michel RENON <renon@mr-consultant.net>wrote:

Hi,

As proposed during the last chat, here is a correct prototype :
http://michel.renon.free.fr/**libreoffice/colorpicker_**20121112/<http://michel.renon.free.fr/libreoffice/colorpicker_20121112/>


Looks great!
(One small nitpick: Would it be possible to have the color label turn white
when on a dark background?)



Start by clicking on the red rectangle in the fake toolbar.

You can click everywhere, except when something gets dimmed : it means
it's just an image without interaction).

Here are the complete files (GPLv3 licence) :
http://michel.renon.free.fr/**libreoffice/colorpicker_**
20121112/proto-color-picker_**r11.zip<http://michel.renon.free.fr/libreoffice/colorpicker_20121112/proto-color-picker_r11.zip>



IMHO, the rect that shows the current color should not be at the bottom,
because of height changes ; it doesn't respect consistency.


The box is at the bottom because:
a) it serves as somewhat of a status bar, which has always been placed at
the bottom
b) if it's put at the top, it takes longer to access the clickable elements
in the pop-up (Fitts's law)

It's ok that its position changes, because when switching to a different
category, the user should focus on the new contents that category brings,
not on the color preview, as the color preview doesn't change. Only after
he sets a new color does he need to see the preview.

Also, the preview is not actionable, so the danger of error brought by
moving targets is not applicable here.

If you have a better solution, though, feel free to make a mockup :).

And why not simply write the name of color beside the rect ?


What would be the advantage?
Do you mean to put it in the sidebar, or to decrease the size of the color
preview and put the label next to it?
If it's the former, then the reason why not put the color in the sidebar is
simply so that there is more space for palettes in the sidebar.
If it's the latter, then that would mean decreasing the available space for
both the label and the color, which means that the previewed color wouldn't
stand out as much and that it would be harder to fit in longer labels.

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