On 28 Jan 2009, at 4:30 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> On Jan 28, 2009, at 4:05 AM, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: >> >>> Adam, Thanks a lot! definitely no waste of time! Although I must >>> say I >>> like the Finder/Journler/attached-file-in-BD approach better (a few >>> predefined labels, accessible via the contextual menu, visible even >>> when selected, more OS-X-y appearance in general) I'd rather have it >>> this way than not at all. >> >> I implemented it using the color picker, since that's what's used >> in Mail. You can also predefine colors in the color picker, >> although I recognize that's not what you want. > > One additional note: Finder labels are predefined because the file > system only has (IIRC) 4 bits of storage available for them in > FinderInfo. They're a holdover from classic Mac OS, and Apple > converted them to gradients in order to look less dated. I'd also > guess that with modern storage limits, Apple might have used a > standard color UI in Finder, as well (which might also have > accessibility benefits; I'm not sure).
I've also, for testing purposes, added some simple color support based on finder labels to the current source. I've named the field Bdsk- Label to avoid confusion, it should have integer values 0-7. Be aware that it's supposed private, for testing purposes only, and can be radically changed or removed at any time, so don't rely on it. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
