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Notepad++ ColorPicker Plugin

A unicode ColorPicker plugin for Notepad++, including compiled binaries (DLL) and Delphi source.

Notepad++ (npp) is a friendly, free and open source Windows Notepad replacement and code editor that supports syntax highlighting in a multitude of languages. Custom languages can be defined and all kinds of plugins are available, such as file explorers, file comparing tools, clipboard managers, and a lot more.

Notepad++ ColorPicker Plugin Once upon a time, there was a highly useful ColorPicker plugin, allowing modification and creation of source code color values, e.g. HTML hex colors, directly inside the editor. However, with the conversion of Notepad++ to Unicode, the plugin stopped working and it never received an update.

[ Update March 24, 2013: The original ColorPicker has received and is now available for Unicode, as well. ]

Pixabay staff member Simon developed a new version of the plugin, which is freely available - both as source code and compiled binaries - right here and on SourceForge.

The plugin supports color values in HTML (hex #RGB), Delphi (integer and hex $00BGR), Visual Basic (&BGR), C++ (0x00BGR), and byte RGB (R,G,B).

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ColorPicker Plugin (Binaries/DLL, zip file, 230 kb)

ColorPicker Source Code (Delphi project, 7z file, 30 kb)

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Simon, 03.12.2012

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mathgod4961 07.04.2013

Thank you for the edit. You may wish to change the year to 2013 from 2012. I did not perceive any competition. A unicode version of the plugin was needed when npp spawned a unicode branch. My earlier attempts to port to unicode did not work. I revisited the project after obtaining a unicode IDE.

I tend to agree with you about web-safe colors. However, some coders still prefer web safe colors. HTML validators may still flag non-web-safe colors as a hint or warning. The conversion algorithm is short and easy to follow so implementation is easy.

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Simon 24.03.2013

Ah, mathgod, you *are* Don :-) Hi! It's not my intention at all to compete with your plugin. The development just happened to be necessary as a replacement during the time when no Unicode version was available. I'll edit my post concerning this matter right now, adding a hint that your plugin is available again.

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Simon 24.03.2013

Is there still any particular use for web-safe colors? I don't know of any. AFAIK, web-safe colors are a relict of the past, for some computers or software were capable of only displaying 256 colors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...