In # Krita Color Selector it was mentioned that the color selector in Mac is the native one both because you can’t select any colors outside of the Krita canvas with the one seen in Krita on other platforms and because Mac users complained that it wasn’t native. I think their complaints are moot bec…

As far as I remember Krita switched like three times and the Apple fanboys always threw a massive tantrum, silencing reasonable voices like yours and that’s why the developers left it the way it is. I’m not sure how easy it is to make it optional, with a switch somewhere in the settings, but I assu…

Making it an option is not so hard, but we’ve always tried to avoid adding options as much as possible (hard to believe if you’re looking at the settings dialog, but it is true). I can make it a hidden/undocumented option for 5.0, though.

what if we make the native colour selector optional and krita’s colour selector default. That way if the vocal minority complains again they can be asked to edit the config file

We can give that a try, too… I had already a bit of code that would make the the krita one off on macos and on everyone else based on a setting called “UsePlatformColorDialog”.

[image] Add a setting for using the platform dialog (b366c26b) · Commits · Graphics /... Note: it's off by default on all platforms now, based on the discussion here: https://krita-artists.org/t/option-for-kritas-color-selector-dialog-on-mac/33339/5 Note: not for 5.0 -- because it change…

Grabs some popcorn to see how other apple users react.

Oh wow. Thanks! Yeah, I saw there was some history there with complaints. Your commit mentions it isn’t for 5.0. That means it’ll come later? Is UsePlatformColorDialog available in the config file in the meantime?

I have no idea why other Mac users would prefer the system color window. It was a feature in earlier versions of Clip Studio Paint and I was very happy they changed it. So having this option in Krita would greatly benefit my workflow.

It’s not in 5.0, but will be in 5.1, which we are working on right now. The stable branch has already changed to 5.1, so the nightly stable builds use the krita color dialog by default.

The native macOS color selector has always been a pain in my ass no matter which software uses it. I’m glad someone could formalize things better than the big words that go through my mind when thinking of it…

Option for Krita's Color Selector Dialog on Mac

Develop Feature Requests

halla December 15, 2021, 10:26am 6

Native (not system) color window for certain operation on Mac

Issue with Mac native colour picker (SOLVED)