ColorPicker - jQuery plugin

# Color Picker - jQuery plugin

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## About

A simple component to select color in the same way you select color in Adobe Photoshop

### Last update

23.05.2009 - Check Download tab

### Features

- Flat mode - as element in page
- Powerful controls for color selection
- Easy to customize the look by changing some images
- Fits into the viewport

### License

Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

### Examples

Flat mode.

    $('#colorpickerHolder').ColorPicker({flat: true});

Custom skin and using flat mode to display the color picker in a custom widget.

Attached to an text field and using callback functions to update the color with field's value and set the value back in the field by submiting the color.

    $('#colorpickerField1, #colorpickerField2, #colorpickerField3').ColorPicker({
    	onSubmit: function(hsb, hex, rgb, el) {
    		$(el).val(hex);
    		$(el).ColorPickerHide();
    	},
    	onBeforeShow: function () {
    		$(this).ColorPickerSetColor(this.value);
    	}
    })
    .bind('keyup', function(){
    	$(this).ColorPickerSetColor(this.value);
    });

Attached to DOMElement and using callbacks to live preview the color and adding animation.

    $('#colorSelector').ColorPicker({
    	color: '#0000ff',
    	onShow: function (colpkr) {
    		$(colpkr).fadeIn(500);
    		return false;
    	},
    	onHide: function (colpkr) {
    		$(colpkr).fadeOut(500);
    		return false;
    	},
    	onChange: function (hsb, hex, rgb) {
    		$('#colorSelector div').css('backgroundColor', '#' + hex);
    	}
    });

## Download

colorpicker.zip (73 kb): jQuery, Javscript files, CSS files, images, examples and instructions.

### Changelog

23.05.2009
  Added: close on color selection example
  Added: restore original color option
  Changed: color update on key up event
  Fixed: colorpicker hide and show methods
  Fixed: reference to options. Multiple fields with colorpickers is possible now.
  Fixed: RGB to HSB convertion
22.08.2008
  Fixed bug: where some events were not canceled right on Safari
  Fixed bug: where teh view port was not detected right on Safari
16-07-2008
  Fixed bug where the letter 'F' could not be typed in the Hex field
  Fixed bug where the changes on Hex field where not parsed
  Added new option 'livePreview'
08-07-2008
  Fixed typo in the code, both JavaScript and CSS
  Changed the cursor for some elements
  Added new demo explaining how to implement custom skin
07.07.2008
  The first release.

## Implement

Attach the Javascript and CSS files to your document. Edit CSS file and fix the paths to images and change colors to fit your site theme.

    <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="css/colorpicker.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/colorpicker.js"></script>

### Invocation code

All you have to do is to select the elements in a jQuery way and call the plugin.

     $('input').ColorPicker(options);

### Options

A hash of parameters. All parameters are optional.

eventName | string | The desired event to trigger the colorpicker. Default: 'click'
color | string or hash | The default color. String for hex color or hash for RGB and HSB ({r:255, r:0, b:0}) . Default: 'ff0000'
flat | boolean | Whatever if the color picker is appended to the element or triggered by an event. Default false
livePreview | boolean | Whatever if the color values are filled in the fields while changing values on selector or a field. If false it may improve speed. Default true
onShow | function | Callback function triggered when the color picker is shown
onBeforeShow | function | Callback function triggered before the color picker is shown
onHide | function | Callback function triggered when the color picker is hidden
onChange | function | Callback function triggered when the color is changed
onSubmit | function | Callback function triggered when the color it is chosen

### Set color

If you want to set a new color.

    $('input').ColorPickerSetColor(color);

The 'color' argument is the same format as the option color, string for hex color or hash for RGB and HSB ({r:255, r:0, b:0}).