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Is there any way to get Firefox to use the native color picker? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I use KDE Plasma, and much prefer the KDE color picker over the GTK one that Firefox uses, with input type=color.

I know that I can set GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 to make Firefox use the native file picker, is there a way to make it use the native color picker as well?

I know there probably isn't a way, but I figured it's worth a shot asking.

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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Entire Comment Section discussing the weird comment of @over_clox instead of OPs Question lmao.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Excuse me for not answering the question but are you using the color picker in Firefox really that frequently?

    I would just choose a nice color with the picker of my choice and paste the hex-code / type the RGB in the custom panel of the default FF color picker and that's it.

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Not really. I just like tinkering, and customising things, and I wanted to see if I could.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Ah, I see! In that case I can completely understand your intention.

    Edit:

    I feel like the guy on Stack Overflow who says something like "That's bad practice, why would you do that?" and then the thread is closed.

    And people who google how to solve a certain problem and get to the SO page never get to know the answer that would be relevant.

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    • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I didn't even know there was a color picker in Firefox !? What it is used for?

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    • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In about:config see if setting widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal to true does anything for you.

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    • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yo kde color picker exists? How do I use this?

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 years ago

    It pops up whenever a KDE application offers colour selection. Easiest way is probably to open settings to Appearance > Colors and click the Custom button.

    Falkon also uses it with input type=color which is why the screenshot says Falkon in it.

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