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Preview Helpers for Small Structure Selection

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
desktop

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by tracing the existing cursor color-selection interaction and the picker window's UI entry point; compare both proposed preview behaviors with the current interface. Done means the selected color can be previewed before clicking and the cursor surroundings can be viewed magnified without disrupting selection.

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Description

wontfix
Problem

Currently it is difficult see the color that would be selected before clicking. This is a problem when selecting the color of very small structures. A lot of interfaces do not have an easily accessible zoom functionality.

Proposal

These would be kind of 2 Feature requests, but both addressing the same problem:

  1. A preview that updates the current color under the cursor while moving (without clicking).
  2. A small but magnified regional preview of the cursor surroundings.

Anyway thanks for the work you've put into this already!

Prior Art (Optional)

I found somewhat of an example here on the bottom of the page: https://www.officeoneonline.com/protools/color_picker.html on the bottom.

Dominant language
Vala
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Forks
4
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