Color Picker - jQuery plugin

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,#colorpickerField4').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}).