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A color picker plugin for Notepad++ The C++ Color Picker class can also be reused in other programs.

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v2.0

• Fixed crash problem cause by Scintilla RegExp search interface
• Use self-drawn underline marker to avoid conflict with other plugins & features
• Added Color Picker & Screen Picker commands for hotkey assignment
• Added HSL & HSLA color format support
• Added transparent color support (with adjustment)
• Use SPACE key toggle mouse speed in Screen Picker for better aiming
• Slightly enlarged UI elements

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FEATURES

• HEX/RGB/RGBA/HSL/HSLA color code highlight
• Double-click activation of color picker
  • double-click hex code portion "ffcc00" of hex string
  • double-click "rgb"/"rgba"/"hsl"/"hsla" header of bracket colors
• Allow assign hotkeys for Color Picker and Screen Picker
• Professional color palette
  • same palette layout as in most popular design software
  • recent color swatches
  • mark current color on palette
  • compare new & old colors
• Quick HSLA color tuning
  • click to fine-tune the Hue, Saturation, Lightness or Transparency of your color
  • right-click on palette color to put the color into tuning swatch
• Screen color picker
  • hide notepad++ window while picking color
  • zoomed aim, press SPACE to toggle precise aiming mode
  • real-time color code display
• Access Windows Color Chooser
• recent colors will appear in custom colors list

This project is using https://github.com/kkaefer/css-color-parser-cpp for css color parse.