ColorPickerPlugin < TWiki

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---+!! Color Picker Plugin
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<sticky>
<div class="twikiTocFloat">
%TOC{title="Page contents"}%
</div>
<img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/screenshot-edit.png" alt="screenshot-edit.png" width="201" height="227" style="float:right" />
</sticky>
%SHORTDESCRIPTION%

---++ Introduction

This TWiki plugin packages the [[http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic][Farbtastic color picker]], which is a jQuery plugin developed by Steven Wittens of Acko.net. The package adds a color picker to TWiki forms and TWiki applications.

---++ Using the color picker in !TWikiForms

This package adds a =color= type to %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiForms:

| *Type* | *Description* | *Size* | *Value* |
| =color= | %IF{ "'%BASETOPIC%'!='%TOPIC%'" then="<img src='%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/ColorPickerPlugin/screenshot-small.png' alt='screenshot-small' width='150' height='170' align='right' /> " }%Single-line text box and a color picker to pick a color. The color can also be typed into the text box, such as =#123456=. %BR% An attribute of =type="popup"= shows a button that, when clicked, opens a color picker popup. %IF{ "'%BASETOPIC%'='TWikiForms'" then="[[ColorPickerPlugin][See details]]." }% | Text box width in number of characters | Initial (default) color |

Example form definition:

| *Name:* | *Type:* | *Size* | *Values:* | *Tooltip message:* | *Attributes:* |
| Background color | color | 12 | | Select color | type="popup" |

__Note:__ The =type="popup"= attribute requires TWiki-6.0.2 or later.

---++ Using the color picker in an HTML form

You can also use the color picker directly in your HTML forms, without having to write any code. Just include this in the topic text:
<verbatim>
<form action="...">
%COLORPICKER{ name="text_color" size="12" value="#123456" class="twikiInputField" }%
<form>
</verbatim>
This will show an HTML input field named "text_color" and a color picker tied to it.

%INCLUDE{ "VarCOLORPICKER" section="parameters" }%

Test: (this only works if the !ColorPickerPlugin is installed and enabled)

<form>
%COLORPICKER{ name="text_color" size="12" value="#123456" class="twikiInputField" }%
</form>

---++ Using the color picker with disabled plugin

It is also possible to use the color picker in HTML forms with _disabled_ !ColorPickerPlugin:

<verbatim>
%INCLUDE{ "%SYSTEMWEB%.ColorPickerPlugin" section="code" }%
<form action="...">
%INCLUDE{ "%SYSTEMWEB%.ColorPickerPlugin" section="picker" NAME="demo_color" SIZE="12" VALUE="#123456" EXTRA="class=\"twikiInputField\"" }%
</form>
</verbatim>
This will show an HTML input field named "demo_color" and a color picker tied to it. The ="code"= section should be included once per topic, the ="picker"= section can be included as many times as needed. The =NAME= parameter is required; =SIZE=, =VALUE= and =EXTRA= parameters are optional. Use the =EXTRA= parameter to add additional parameters to the HTML input field.

Test: (this works only if the !ColorPickerPlugin is installed and disabled)

<!--
%STARTSECTION{code}%<script type="text/javascript" src="%PUBURL%/%SYSTEMWEB%/ColorPickerPlugin/farbtastic.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="%PUBURL%/%SYSTEMWEB%/ColorPickerPlugin/farbtastic.css" type="text/css" />%ENDSECTION{code}%
%STARTSECTION{picker}%<input type="text" id="%NAME%" name="%NAME%" value="%IF{ "defined VALUE" then="$percntVALUE$percnt" else="#808080" }%" size="%IF{ "defined SIZE" then="$percntSIZE$percnt" else="12" }%" %IF{ "defined EXTRA" then="$percntEXTRA$percnt" }% /> <div id="%NAME%picker"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('#%NAME%picker').farbtastic('#%NAME%'); }); </script>%ENDSECTION{picker}%
-->
%INCLUDE{ "%TOPIC%" section="code" }%
<form>
%INCLUDE{ "%TOPIC%" section="picker" NAME="demo_color" SIZE="12" VALUE="#ff6611" EXTRA="class=\"twikiInputField\"" }%
</form>

---++ Installation Instructions

This plugin is pre-installed. TWiki administrators can upgrade the plugin as needed on the TWiki server.
%TWISTY{
 mode="div"
 showlink="Show details %ICONURL{toggleopen}% "
 hidelink="Hide details %ICONURL{toggleclose}% "
}%

   * For an __automated installation__, run the [[%SCRIPTURL{configure}%][configure]] script and follow "Find More Extensions" in the in the __Extensions__ section.
      * See the [[http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/BuildContribInstallationSupplement][installation supplement]] on TWiki.org for more information.

   * Or, follow these __manual installation__ steps:
      * Download the ZIP file from the extension home on twiki.org (see below).
      * Unzip ==%TOPIC%.zip== in your twiki installation directory.
      * Set the ownership of the extracted directories and files to the webserver user.
      * Install the dependencies (if any).

   * Plugin __configuration and testing__: 
      * Run the [[%SCRIPTURL{configure}%][configure]] script and enable the plugin in the __Plugins__ section.
      * Configure additional plugin settings in the __Extensions__ section if needed.
      * Test if the installation was successful using the examples provided.

%ENDTWISTY%

---++ Plugin Info

   * Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Color picker for use in TWiki forms and TWiki applications

%TABLE{ tablewidth="100%" columnwidths="170," }%
|  Author: | TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny, [[http://twiki.org/][TWiki.org]] |
|  Copyright: | &copy; 2007 [[http://acko.net/about][Steven Wittens]], Acko.net for Farbtastic jQuery plugin %BR% &copy; 2010-2018 TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny and TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor for TWiki !ColorPickerPlugin |
|  Sponsor: | [[http://www.wave.com/][Wave Systems Corp.]] for type parameter |
|  License: | GPL ([[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html][GNU General Public License]]) |
|  Dependencies: | JQueryPlugin (pre-installed) |
|  Version: | 2018-07-05 |
%TWISTY{
 mode="div"
 showlink="Show Change History %ICONURL{toggleopen}%"
 hidelink="Hide Change History %ICONURL{toggleclose}%"
}%
%TABLE{ tablewidth="100%" columnwidths="170," }%
|  2018-07-05: | TWikibug:Item7841: Copyright update to 2018 |
|  2016-01-08: | TWikibug:Item7708: Copyright update to 2016 |
|  2015-01-10: | TWikibug:Item7604: Switch to GPL v3 |
|  2014-12-29: | TWikibug:Item7601: Implement new type="popup" parameter for popup color widget |
|  2014-12-20: | TWikibug:Item7601: New type parameter to set the type of color widget |
|  2014-12-11: | TWikibug:Item7577: TWiki form field type with configure attributes, color type supports form, onblur, onfocus, onchange, onselect, onmouseover, onmouseout, pattern, placeholder, spellcheck, style, tabindex, title, translate |
|  2013-02-15: | TWikibug:Item7148: Fix for color picker not working if initial value of TWiki forms field of type color is empty |
|  2013-01-09: | TWikibug:Item7091: Dependency clarification; use TWISTY for installation instructions |
|  2012-12-03: | TWikibug:Item7020: Add VarCOLORPICKER with category; doc improvements |
|  2012-08-11: | TWikibug:Item6837: Doc fixes; updated installation instructions |
|  2011-06-11: | TWikibug:Item6725: Change global package variables from "use vars" to "our" |
|  2010-11-30: | TWikibug:Item6610: Rewrite !ColorPickerContrib into !ColorPickerPlugin |
|  2010-11-27: | TWikibug:Item6609: In %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiForms type table, automatically list the =color= form field type defined in this contrib -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny |
|  2010-11-26: | TWikibug:Item6606: Complete rewrite of contrib using [[http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic][Farbtastic color picker]] -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny |
|  2006-10-27: | Initial version of !ColorPickerContrib by TWiki:Main.FlavioCurti using Colorpicker by Norman Timmler (inlet media e.K., Hamburg, Germany) |
%ENDTWISTY%
%TABLE{ tablewidth="100%" columnwidths="170," }%
|  Home: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/%TOPIC% |
|  Feedback: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/%TOPIC%Dev |
|  Appraisal: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/%TOPIC%Appraisal |

__Related Topics:__ VarCOLORPICKER, %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiPreferences, %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiForms, %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiPlugins
Topic revision: r6 - 2018-07-06 - TWikiContributor
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