ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

SmartColorWidget is a user-friendly color picker widget for Archetypes. It allow quick and easy color selection from 3 different ways:

• HTML color value
• Color table and lightness bar slider
• Hue/Lightness/Saturation fields

The 3 inputs modes are javascript-wired and dynamically change when anything is modified

A demo type is included. Set INSTALL_DEMO_TYPES = 1 in config.py to enable it.

DEPENDENCIES

• Plone 3.1+ (or Plone3.0.x with jquery.js already installed)

Note :

• jquery.js must be installed in portal_javascripts to make this SmartColorWidget version working.
• with Plone 3.1 and more, jquery is already installed by default.

Installation

1. read docs/Install to install the package in your zope instance using buildout or easy_install
2. Install the skin in your Plone Site with the Quickinstaller tool

Usage

• In your custom Archetype, add:

  from Products.SmartColorWidget.Widget import SmartColorWidget
  

• Use it like a regular field/widget in your Type's Schema.

  Example:

  StringField('color',
          default='#00FFFF',
          searchable=0,
          required=0,
          widget=SmartColorWidget(
                                  label='Color',
                 )
  ),
  

Credits

This product was built by:

Pierre Gayvallet "support@ingeniweb.com":mailto:support@ingeniweb.com

"http://www.ingeniweb.com":http://www.ingeniweb.com

Thanks

The jQuery team, for their powerfull javascript library

"http://jquery.com":http://jquery.com

EasyRGB, for the colors transformation formulas

"http://www.easyrgb.com":http://www.easyrgb.com

Roland Fasching "rof@sterngasse.at":mailto:rof@sterngasse.at for the widget idea from ATColorPickerWidget

"http://www.sterngasse.at":http://www.sterngasse.at

Changelog

SVN/UNRELEASED

1.0.3

• jquery-1.1.2.js removed from portal_javascripts (already installed in Plone3.1)
• css colors (white, red, black ...) are changed in hexadecimal colors at first field edition
• product is packaged for buildout and easy_install
• added configure.zcml and profile installation

1.0.2

• Fixed CMFPermissions import for CMF 2.0 / Plone 3 (zegor)

1.0.1

• Renamed jquery.js to jquery-1.1.2.js to avoid potential problems with other products versions of jquery

1.0.0 - Initial release

• Initial release