[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 87538] COLOR PICKER: New default color palette

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87538

Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl at rz.uni-regensburg.de> changed:

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--- Comment #38 from Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl at rz.uni-regensburg.de> ---
(In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) from comment #0)
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> I would like to suggest that we crop this list to 8 rows by taking the first
> 7 rows and row 12. Also in the first row, we should move the black color to
> the right end of the row so the gradient is consistent on that row.

I think the most important thing is that the user detects the ordering schema
easily.

(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #4)
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> I'm not opposed to this. But if the color picker at 12 columns but showing
> just 10 rows is a problem, it might be a better option to expand number or
> rows, or even columns shown.
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Why not use a layout of 16x16 (==256) color cells?

(In reply to Owen Genat (retired) from comment #6)
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> - A scrollbar should appear for palettes with a greater numbers of rows than
> can be displayed. If anything the color picker dialog should resize, as
[...]
No scrollbar in the color picker, please! That would be inefficient for the
user.

In general I think the number of colors in a palette is less important than the
time the user needs to select the color he/she wants. Di you consider the
interesting approach Scribus uses (Create a small set of "logical colors")? See
https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/How_to_create_your_own_colours#The_Colour_Wheel

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