[UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hi there, entering a color in the new color, with its hex code, has a rather strange result. Try - menu "Tools" -"Options..." - on the "Options" dialog, select the on the tree "OpenOffice.org" - "Colors" - select a color and press the "Edit..." button (side comment: the color picker should be

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Andre Fischer
On 19.07.2012 16:43, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hi there, entering a color in the new color, with its hex code, has a rather strange result. Try - menu "Tools" -"Options..." - on the "Options" dialog, select the on the tree "OpenOffice.org" - "Colors" - select a color and press the "Edit..

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Kevin Grignon
KG01 - See comments inline. On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:33 PM, Andre Fischer wrote: > On 19.07.2012 16:43, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> entering a color in the new color, with its hex code, has a rather >> strange result. Try >> >> - menu "Tools" -"Options..." >> - on the "Optio

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hi Andre, * On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 05:33:35PM +0200, Andre Fischer wrote: > On 19.07.2012 16:43, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > >Hi there, > > > >entering a color in the new color, with its hex code, has a rather > >strange result. Try > > > >- menu "Tools" -"Options..." > >- on the "Options" dia

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:17:37AM +0800, Kevin Grignon wrote: > KG01 - These examples, along with the behavior expectations may make > sense to a developer, however in 15 yrs of digital design, I've never > assumed a tool would resolve my hex input. > > I suspect we all agree that the colour pic

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: If I enter AA, I would expect it to be #AA, that is, zeros added at the left. AA -> AA -> RBG 0,0,170 but the color picker shows RGB 170,170,170 ... Which should be the expected behaviour? What I would expect is: ABC -> AABBCC This is the (unnatural for

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hi Andrea, On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 06:36:14PM +0200, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > What I would expect is: > > ABC -> AABBCC > > This is the (unnatural for programmers, but popular) CSS shorthand > hexadecimal notation used in web pages. > > And with fewer than three digits, convert to grayscale: >

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:17:37AM +0800, Kevin Grignon wrote: >> KG01 - These examples, along with the behavior expectations may make >> sense to a developer, however in 15 yrs of digital design, I've never >> assumed a tool would r

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-19 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Ariel, Ariel Constenla-Haile schrieb: Hi there, entering a color in the new color, with its hex code, has a rather strange result. Try - menu "Tools" -"Options..." - on the "Options" dialog, select the on the tree "OpenOffice.org" - "Colors" - select a color and press the "Edit..." butto

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-20 Thread Armin Le Grand
[..] > It depends on what we mean by "expected". I suspect the typical user > does not touch hexadecimal. Programmers who are not web developers > probably expect this to be treated like a number, i.e., they are > entering the three least significant digits and it will be padded with > zeros to

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-20 Thread Kevin Grignon
KG01 - See comments inline On Jul 20, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Armin Le Grand wrote: > [..] >> It depends on what we mean by "expected". I suspect the typical user >> does not touch hexadecimal. Programmers who are not web developers >> probably expect this to be treated like a number, i.e., they ar

Re: [UI] ColorPicker - entering hex color code

2012-07-23 Thread Armin Le Grand
Hi Kevin, Kevin Grignon wrote: > KG01 - See comments inline > > On Jul 20, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Armin Le Grand wrote: > >> [..] >>> It depends on what we mean by "expected". I suspect the typical user >>> does not touch hexadecimal. Programmers who are not web developers >>> probably expect th