Hex Color Values of Named Colors in CSS Editor

[jcmorris-mts]

Hi Eric,

When using the CSS Editor to select colors, I do not see the option to edit/add named colors using their hexadecimal values instead of the common names.
Sometimes, the colors in the named color pallet are desirable for aesthetic reasons, but I'd still prefer to have the hex value.
Is there a GTW Designer preference for this somewhere?

Cheers,
Jason

[Eric Clayberg]

When using the CSS Editor to select colors, I do not see the option to edit/add named colors using their hexadecimal values instead of the common names.
Sometimes, the colors in the named color pallet are desirable for aesthetic reasons, but I'd still prefer to have the hex value.
Is there a GTW Designer preference for this somewhere?

You can enter hex values into any Color field in the CSS editor rather than choosing named colors in the color chooser.

[jcmorris-mts]

Hi Eric,

You missed my point
The color pallet formed by the named colors is aesthetically pleasing and thus convenient to use, however the latest version of CSS seems to not validate against most named colors (i.e. CSS 2.1). Rather than remember that "light gray" is #D3D3D3, I'd like to select "light gray" from the pallet but have GWT Designer put #D3D3D3 in the property value. The hex value will always work, whereas the named color string may or may not.

There should be some user option that always inserts colors as hex values regardless of how they are selected from the color pallets so that we don't have to manually look up the hex equivalent of a named color and type it in.

Cheers,
Jason
Morris Technical Solutions LLC

[Eric Clayberg]

The latest build now provides this option.

Designer > GWT Preferences

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[jcmorris-mts]

Hi Eric,

Thanks very much!

Cheers,
Jason

[Eric Clayberg]

Hopefully, it will do what you want.

[Eric Clayberg]

Sorry, but that is a question better directed to Google's GWT forum or some general CSS forum.