[libreoffice-users] Re: LibO wishlist?

On 02/05/2011 04:13 PM, Len Philpot wrote:
> [ From users@libreoffice.org (Cor Nouws) on Saturday, February 05,
> 2011 ]
>
> > Len Philpot wrote (05-02-11 17:15)
> > > Just curious... Regarding my color picker comments: Am I just
> > > missing it? Is there a way to access a modern color chooser or
> > > are pallettes the sole implementation in LibO?
>
> > Via Tools >> Options > LibreOffice > Colors you can add colors. I
> > think that is what you are looking for? Best, Cor
>
>
> Well, sort of.   :-)
>
> I realize it's possible to add *any* color(s) to a palette*, but in
> order to have a truly universal /palette/, every possible 24/32 bit
> combinations would have to be added. I would presume that is
> impractical, if not impossible in realistic terms...? What I would
> personally like to see is a color chooser widget with every possible
> color directly selectable (whether by direct picking or via RGB / HSL
> / CMYK numbers, etc.), plus optionally the ability to save named
> custom colors as well as to filter it to show only specific palettes
> (eg, websafe colors, etc.). Nothing really new, per se -- Much like
> GTK, Windows, QT, etc. -- Just not (yet) availble in LibO.
>
> * Although the only place I've found so far in LibO where a specific
> (file) palette can be loaded from disk is on the background color
> attrtibutes dialog in Draw. I don't have OOo installed any longer,
> but ISTR seeing the "load palette from disk" option available
> elsewhere. Has that been removed or am I remembering wrong?

Not sure if this will fit your need, but you can try:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/colorpalettes
ZwahlenDesign Color Palettes
by ZwahlenDesign
http://www.zwahlendesign.ch/colorpalettes
That will allow you to add .soc palettes in Writer et al.

You don't mention what OS & LO version you are running (unless I missed
it somewhere), but on LO linux the default .soc files for the user are
maintained in:
/home/<username>/.libreoffice/3/user/config/
Example:
cmyk.soc html.soc palette_en-US.soc  standard.soc   tango.soc
gallery.soc  libreoffice.soc  scribus.soc sun-color.soc  web.soc

When you install ZwahlenDesign extension, those .soc's are located in
the ZD_Color_Palettes folder:
~/.libreoffice/3/user/config/ZD_Color_Palettes
I've found that I can easily add other .soc's (scribus.soc for example)
in the ZD_Color_Palettes folder and hten use the ZD_Color_Palettes
extension to change for Writer et al.

I think an improvement would be to have the
Tools|Options|Libre...|Colors picker buttons available so that you could
load an .soc/palette from there. Note: You can do this in Draw by:
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Draw_Guide/Color_palette>
See:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/File:DG8-25.png





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