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Olivier Girard (eolinwen) wrote : Re: [Bug 1019843] Re: Easily way to change the colour of the note

Strange that they have deprecated this one and it is very damage (to my
mind). I find GtkColorChooserDialog less sexy/beautiful and handy.

No problem to test and give you some feedbacks. Just to be sure that I
don't miss something., send me a mail to said me. [?] [?]

2012/7/22 Umang Varma <email address hidden>

> To quote GTK documentation: "GtkHSV has been deprecated together with
> GtkColorSelection, where it was used." [1]
> Further, the GtkColorButton and related widgets seem to be the only color
> selection widgets that have not been deprecated. [2]
>
> Thankfully, the part that seemed to be that hardest was getting the
> colors to work correctly, and that is almost done. If GtkHSV or
> GtkColorSection aren't deprecated or can still be used for a long time,
> then it shouldn't be too hard to switch back to them.
>
> Also, I had asked about this on the GTK+ IRC channel, and here's the
> response I got:
>
> ebassi : umang: GtkColorChooserWidget implements GtkColorChooser,
> where the whole API lives
> ebassi : umang: GtkColorChooser is also implemented by
> GtkColorChooserDialog and GtkColorButton
> ebassi : umang: the reaon why GtkColorSelection was deprecated is
> that the class was developed for the gtk2 API, and the dialog has been
> completely redesigned
> ebassi : umang: instead of changing the existing dialog appearance
> (and possibly break expectations from developers) a new widget was added,
> with a better API, using gtk3 data structures like GdkRGBA
>
> Anyway, let me stick to the widgets that haven't been deprecated for
> now. Once the next version is released, I would love to hear your
> feedback. My initial reaction, though, is with you: the HSV widget looks
> better than the GtkColorChooserWidget. However, I have been liking the
> color chooser more now that I've seen it in action.
>
>
> [1]: http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkHSV.html
> [2]: http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/SelectorWidgets.html
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019843
>
> Title:
> Easily way to change the colour of the note
>
> Status in Indicator Stickynotes:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
> It will be fine/great if, like Rhinote, the user could change the colour
> of the note in a easy and simple way.
> Thanks.
>
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