Make the text values selectable, and editable, so you can compare colours without the picker

[superhighfives]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently it's impossible to tweak or change colours.

Describe the solution you'd like
Make the text values selectable, and editable, so you can compare colours without the picker.

Describe alternatives you've considered
This may be too complex for Pika's core product vision, especially given the overhead of validating the text inputs, the different formats, etc. So one alternative is to not do this.

Additional context
This was initially detailed in #19.

[lloydh]

👍 I would love to see this to make Pika a go-to colour utility. I often find myself launching Photoshop just to try adjusting the HSL values of a colour. Undo/redo before/after history would be great too.

[superhighfives]

Just flagging the issue for undo / redo / color history is here: #26.

I also mentioned on this comment some thoughts on the scope of the app, and potentially spinning it off to be a bigger app beyond just the color picking utility, because I don't want to make things too complex given my original goals:

For the window in the foreground, Pika is intended to be a utility rather than an app, which is why it functions that way (macOS has a limited number of window "types"). That said, as I look at more complex use cases I've been thinking about whether it would make sense to spin off a document-style app to better handle things like history and more complex colour accessibility / APCA support.

[ScottAgirs]

I was about to create a feature request for this.

Hey folks! Awesome job on Pika - loving it 3000 so far!

The only thing missing for me is the option to edit the color.
I need to launch another app just to do this, which is a big-big bummer.

Would absolutely love to see this implemented as well, then it would be the hands down best colour utility for macOS in my exp.! :) 🙌🏼

[superhighfives]

Yeah, absolutely. If someone is interested in taking a pass at it, I'd love to see how they might approach it. It's definitely on my list, but I can't be certain I'll get to it anytime soon, especially given it's a big change that introduces a lot of edge cases.

[ronilaukkarinen]

Sorry to bump this, but any progress? I use Pika daily at work so this would be nice to have in some point. I'd glad to help but unfortunately Swift is not my area of expertise.

[superhighfives]

No worries at all. I'm currently not able to commit to it (and I'm currently focused on getting Pika v0.0.13 out the door), but as always, would love to check out a PR if someone was interested in taking a pass at it.

[ronilaukkarinen]

Cool, thanks for the info. 👍

[superhighfives]

While I'd love to implement it, this currently remains out of scope—I'd recommend checking out https://colorslurp.com/ or https://sipapp.io/, which are more fully featured colour pickers and may be a better fit for this use case.

[yougotwill]

@superhighfives Does #125 solve this issue since you can enter the color manually in the system color picker?

[superhighfives]

Indeed it does! It's currently in beta, but you can grab it via the app or at https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/releases/tag/0.0.18-beta2. See more on #125.