Thanks Eric - that got me on the right track. In the end, the following, simple code worked:
<$edit-text tiddler="$:/_opTaskStore" type="color" tag="input" field="backcolor"/> On Sunday, 11 August 2019 20:08:39 UTC+1, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 11:07:59 AM UTC-7, MagoArcade wrote: >> >> How can I insert a small color picker into a tiddler and have it output >> to R,G,B format. The standard color picker has way too much associated with >> it (Doc link >> <https://tiddlywiki.com/static/colour-picker%2520Macro%2520(Example%25201).html>). >> >> eg: >> All I really want is the button at the bottom, next to the text box. >> Also, I'm needing a way to save it to a field in this format: >> 198,3,7 >> i.e. RGB in decimal >> > > The "button at the bottom" is actually an HTML input, with type="color", > and if you dig into the TWCore "colour-picker" code > ($:/core/macros/colour-picker), you will find this line: > > <$edit-text tiddler="$:/config/ColourPicker/New" type="color" tag="input"/> > > This creates the button you want. However... the actual appearance AND > function of the color input depends your specific platform and browser. If > your browser doesn't support the color button directly, it may render as a > regular input field into which you can TYPE the color value. Of course, > you should change the target tiddler name to the title of the tiddler in > which you want the color selection to be stored. > > Unfortunately, this will only achieve half your desired goal. The problem > is that the browser-supplied HTML control will ONLY write the chosen color > using a CSS-compatible *hexadecimal* value (e.g., "#rrggbb"), rather than > the comma-separated decimal R,G,B values you want. > > For more details, see > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/color > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools: "Small Tools for Big Ideas" (tm) > http://tiddlytools.github.io/ > InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals > > (NOTE NEW HOSTING LOCATION) > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/edb201ac-fa01-410e-8538-d5d8c42be4f9%40googlegroups.com.
