# The &kcoloredit; Handbook

Artur Rataj

    art@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl

2000 Artur Rataj
&FDLNotice;
2002-01-09
2.91.00

&kcoloredit; is a palette files editor. It can be used for editing color palettes and for color choosing and naming.

KDE graphics palette

## Introduction

&kcoloredit; is a palette files editor. It can be used for editing color palettes and for color choosing and naming.

## File operations

### About palette files

The palette files installed by &kde; can be either system-wide or the user ones. The latter are in you private &kde; configuration folders, and they are named Custom Colors and Recent Colors.

In &kcoloredit;, you may open all of these palettes, as well as palettes in arbitrary files.

### Opening a file

In the Open File dialog, you may choose from a list of installed palettes, or browse folders for files.

## Editing

### Cursor

The cursor is visible as a line in the palette view. It can be moved by clicking on an area beside a color.

The cursor has the following functions:

- It points to the color after it. The color, if any, is described below the palette view. You may edit its name there.

- It can be used to make a selection. A selection can be made by clicking on an area beside a color, so to move the cursor there, and by moving the mouse then with the left mouse button pressed.

- If the After cursor check-box near to the Add a Color button is checked, a color from the color chooser is put after the cursor. The color is either inserted or it overwrites another one, depending on whether the Overwrite mode is chosen. The mode can be chosen by checking the Overwrite check-box, that is next to the After Cursor one.

### Selection

A selection, that can be made as it was written in the previous section, can be used with the copy, cut and paste operations.

### Clipboard format

&kcoloredit; uses the following format for clipboard data: for each color three numbers for red, green and blue components, respectively, and an optional color name, followed by a new line character if there is another color. Therefore, if for example three numbers are in the clipboard, they can be pasted by &kcoloredit; as a color.

## Selecting a color from an RGB space

A color can be selected from an RGB space in &kcoloredit; in the following ways:

- By editing the HSV or RGB components.

- By selecting a color from color gradient panels. In the left one, two from HSV components can be selected, and in the right one, the third one. The third component can be chosen by clicking on one of the buttons labeled H, S and V. The one component panel display colors with the other two components equal to these selected in the two components panel. The two components panel may display colors with the third component fixed, or, if the Variable check-box is set, with a value equal to the one selected in the one component panel. In the Replace mode, the color selected in panels replaces the output one instantly, and in the Change mode it modifies the output color after each click, or a mouse move while a mouse button is pressed. Therefore, in the latter mode the color selected in the gradient panels may be different from the output color. To synchronize the colors, the Synchronize button can be used.

## Drag and drop

The palette colors and the color selection output color can be dragged with a mouse.

## Menu Reference

### The File Menu

File New Window

  Open a new window

&Ctrl; N File New

  Start a new palette in the current window.

&Ctrl; O File Open

  Open a saved palette.

File Open Recent

  Reopen a palette that you have recently been editing.

&Ctrl; W File Close

  Close the current &kcoloredit; window.

&Ctrl; S File Save

  Save the currently open palette.

File Save As...

  Save the currently open palette with a new name.

&Ctrl; Q File Quit

  Quit &kcoloredit;.

### The Edit Menu

&Ctrl; X Edit Cut

  Cut the currently selected color to the clipboard.

&Ctrl; C Edit Copy

  Copy the currently selected color to the clipboard.

&Ctrl; V Edit Paste

  Paste a color from the clipboard.

### The Color Menu

Color From Palette

  Find the color currently selected in the palette, in the color selector on the left.

Color From Screen

  Pick a color from anywhere on the screen, and find it in the color selector on the left.

### The View Menu

Color Color Names

  If the currently open palette has color names, display them alongside the colors.

View Toolbar

  Toggle on and off the toolbar icons.

View Statusbar

  Toggle on and off the status bar.

### The Help Menu

&help.menu.documentation;

## Credits and Licenses

&kcoloredit; copyright 2000 Artur Rataj

Documentation copyright 2000 Artur Rataj

&underFDL; &underGPL;

## Installation

&install.intro.documentation; &install.compile.documentation;