Trying to find out what color picker Boron uses so I can change it

dude · 2024-06-27 19:15:29

For example in tint2, Lithium and iirc Beryllium had controls for brightness, saturation, RGB, opacity, and a widget that put the currently set color side by side with your proposed adjustments.

Tint2 (and thunar and xfce4-terminal) in Boron only has a box with the color spectrum and the hex code on top. It’s way too minimal.

Geany’s is similar to the old style. I’ve done lots of searches but haven’t been able to figure out how to get something like that back.

Any tips?

Thanks.

Edit: just realized I should have posted this in the GUI & Applications section

Last edited by dude (2024-06-27 21:24:31)

hhh · 2024-06-28 01:17:40

I loath the color widget you're talking about.

It;s not recommended, but I still use version 0.4-2.2+b1 of old gcolor2...

https://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcolor2/

It installs fine. Then you can pick your color, open that stupid color widget, select "Custom" and paste in the the hex code (press Tab to see the change in the widget).

gcolor3 only works on GNOME, apparently.

hhh · 2024-06-28 01:25:19

Huh, the bullseye version of gcolor3 works on boron, but you'll need to pin it or your next upgrade will overwrite it.

If you're going to install a package with no more security support, I'd go with the ancient gcolor2. Ain't nobody trying to exploit an outdated color picker.

marens · 2024-06-28 01:50:10

hhh wrote:

If you're going to install a package with no more security support, I'd go with the ancient gcolor2. Ain't nobody trying to exploit an outdated color picker.

Yes.
For me, gcolor2 is the best color picker ever.
Why change something that works great?

Can it be better and simpler?

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johnraff · 2024-06-28 02:39:01

What's the problem with gcolor3? It works OK for me, looks pretty much like gcolor2.

dude · 2024-06-28 02:48:39

gcolor3 would be fine if it were embedded in the apps that call for a color picker. Instead I get this:

shitty-boron-color-picker-Screenshot-2024-06-27-18-22-21.png

How can I replace that with gcolor3? Switching to a different app and then copying & pasting it in is a pain in the ass.

marens · 2024-06-28 02:58:40

johnraff wrote:

What's the problem with gcolor3? It works OK for me, looks pretty much like gcolor2.
https://imgur.com/FIENww9l.png

Of course, no problem with gcolor3.

But if you've been using the same app for years, you want to keep it if you know it works great.
That is all.

johnraff · 2024-06-28 02:59:48

For what's embedded in an app, you need to talk to the app's developer.

Sometimes it's a shared GTK library, in which case the issue is with the GTK devs.

( moved to GUI & Applications )

dude · 2024-06-28 03:02:48

Is there no way to make GTK use a better color picker?

johnraff · 2024-06-28 03:41:33

Yes, post a bug report with GTK.

dude · 2024-06-28 03:49:31

Acknowledged.

hhh · 2024-06-28 10:23:50

I was running boron in a live session and gcolor3 wouldn't work for me. This error when running from terminal...

WARNING **: 03:36:03.693: Cannot count number of items: Key file does not have group ?Colors?

There's another warning thrown when clicking the eyedropper and nothing happens, the cursor doesn't change and you can't pick a color.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgrepo … t=bookworm

 Failed to pick color: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop was not provided by any .service files

I'm guessing some package was installed along the way on your systems that makes it work? Maybe Inkscape?

hhh · 2024-06-28 10:37:04

Yeah, I can't get it to work. Tried installing imagemagick, then inkscape, then gimp, then gimp-plugin-registry, then xdg-desktop-portal-gtk, and then xdg-desktop-portal-gnome. Same warnings, no eyedrop cursor, no joy.

marens · 2024-06-28 14:42:11

@dude

If you have yad installed (sudo apt install yad), this might help:

$ yad --color

If it works, it's easy to create a yad-color.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Yad Color
Comment=Color picker
Exec=yad --color
Icon=yad
Categories=Utility

You should now have Yad Color in the menu.

Last edited by marens (2024-06-28 14:58:40)

hhh · 2024-06-28 15:38:45

@marens, that is awesome. I never looked at man yad before. yad --calendar is nifty as well.

BTW, yad is installed by default on Boron, it's used for the bl-exit window (Log out, Reboot, etc...)

marens · 2024-06-28 16:52:20

hhh wrote:

@marens, that is awesome. I never looked at man yad before. yad --calendar is nifty as well.
BTW, yad is installed by default on Boron, it's used for the bl-exit window (Log out, Reboot, etc...)

Yes, yad is a very useful app.

P.S.
I think gcolor2 has one of the ugliest icons.
Many years ago I found this icon and edited it a bit:
https://i.postimg.cc/RV3gFFTK/gcolor2.png

I copied the icon to the folder /usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2 and changed the file gcolor2.desktop:

Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2/gcolor2.png

dude · 2024-06-28 18:53:39

marens wrote:

@dude

$ yad --color

Thanks. I didn't know about yad --color either, and apparently --calendar is the same widget as when you click the clock in the tint2 panel, just in its own window.

Zepher · 2024-06-28 19:37:27

I personally use gcolor3 and agree with @johnraff. Apt-get doesn't recognize gcolor2 anymore on my end for what it's worth.

No it doesn't work, ignore me lol

Last edited by Zepher (2024-06-29 06:06:47)

johnraff · 2024-06-29 02:16:46

hhh wrote:

I was running boron in a live session and gcolor3 wouldn't work for me.
...when clicking the eyedropper and nothing happens, the cursor doesn't change and you can't pick a color.
I'm guessing some package was installed along the way on your systems that makes it work? Maybe Inkscape?

Humble apologies - gcolor3 on Boron doesn't work for me either.
It was fine on Beryllium, and looked the same on Boron but I never got round to actually trying the eyedropper...

marens wrote:

yad --color

Brilliant!
This does the job perfectly. Let's put it in the menu so people can find it, or ship a .desktop file
(and drop gcolor3 from the package list).

dude wrote:

...apparently --calendar is the same widget as when you click the clock in the tint2 panel, just in its own window

They look the same, but in fact they are two different apps. In tint2 it's gsimplecal, see 'man gsimplecal'.

Last edited by johnraff (2024-06-29 02:17:45)

yak · 2024-07-03 11:21:07

Hey! Talking about standalone colour pickers, don't forget the awesome gpick!

I tend to prefer it over many others because, among the various features, it lets you see what color are you picking specifically. Super useful!

Link: https://www.gpick.org/

Another similar picker I like which has the same feature, although way more minimal, is xcolor.
It's not in the Debian repositories though, unfortunately. But as I said is very minimal so maybe not very useful anyway if you need a lot of controls.

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