New color control is cluttered

Feature Requests / Improvements
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this is one of the most important control on the every element we use

  • this control should be just inline control multiline control looks confusing
  • there is already color palette picker button there why extra variable picker showing at all
  • just right side of the color input there is variable and dynamic data picker but people either use the color palette or color picker anyway ?!
  • moving the static color picker outside of the color palette will now encourage people to pick static colors not variable colors

like almost every bad ux decision has been made while coding this ui control.

@timmse @thomas

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Hi @sinanisler,

I understand that it takes a little time to get used to the new changes. Because the color control has changed completely after a few years. But I find the new control much more efficient than the previous versions (especially 2.2 beta). For several reasons.

1- The color value now has enough space to display the full value.
2- The color picker is now available with one click. In the previous version, it took two clicks to get to it.
3- Dynamic data and variable buttons are also available with one click.

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so you are saying color palette are variables but we need another variables button there as well ?

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Sorry, I didn’t understand what you meant. I’m using Google Translate.

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Hi Sinan,
Thank you for your feedback/criticism!

As Hosein already mentioned, this creates significantly more space and, accordingly, improves the readability of the value.

If you have defined colors in the variable manager—otherwise you would not be able to access them, or would have to enter them manually.

The number of reports/questions about dynamic colors clearly shows that many users use them. So, how many people did you ask about this? :smiley:

No, but unlike before, you now have direct access to all available options. Which one you choose is up to you.

If you have any practical suggestions on how we can better reconcile all of this, we are absolutely open to them :v:

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my thinking is instead of adding more buttons how could be less buttons and more intuitive

maybe eliminating the color palette button but making the input itself as default place when clicked can open the color palette and maybe we put the color picker in the input just like 2 other button in the input we can move it to left of it 3 icon side by side

when we think about functionality perspective this control is perfectly fine but that is not the issue

“control is not intuitive and feels cluttered” this was my thinking when i first started using it :eyes:

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That would take away the ability to enter a value directly.

That would indeed be desirable, but how can the current functionality be maintained?
We can’t answer that question at the moment, but who knows what the future will bring :slight_smile:

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I feel the team did a great job on the new color palette controls, so I would not change a thing.

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thank you.

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I also dislike the new color control interface. I typically choose colors impulsively and make small changes to a color several times.
This is a nightmare with the new interface.

In the previous version, I could edit global colors directly in the color palette in list view and immediately see the results of my changes. Now I have to open a window that covers everything, make changes, save, and close the window. If it’s not what I want, I have to start the whole procedure over again… This greatly increases the time required for the work and reduces efficiency.

I would like the editing option to be returned to the color palette list view!

Thank you!

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Original text:

“Én szintén nem kedvelem az új szín kontroll felületet. Jellemzően impulzívan választom a színeket és többször végzek egy-egy színen apró változtatásokat.
Ez az új felülettel egy rémálom.
Az előző verzióban a kolor palettán, lista nézetben közvetlenül tudtam szerkeszteni a globális színeket és azonnal láttam a változtatások erdményét. Most emiatt meg kell nyitnom egy ablakot, ami mindent kitakar, változtatást végezni, lementeni, bezárni az ablakot. Ha nem olyan, mint szeretném kezdődik elölről a teljes procedúra… Ez rendkívüli mértékben megnöveli a munkaidőt és csökkenti a hatékonyságot.
Szeretném, ha a kolor paletta lista nézetébe vissza kerülne a szerkesztési lehetőség!
Köszönöm!“

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you probably didnt mean that but this gave me an idea :smiley:

showing/listing colors without opening color palette popup :slight_smile:

not a bad idea
interesting thing to think about :slight_smile: