Color Picker

A screen color picker for Noctalia v5, built on top of hyprpicker.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	oldirtty/color_picker
Entries	Service: service; bar widget: widget; panel: panel

Requirements

Install hyprpicker

• hyprpicker

Installation

The headless service triggers hyprpicker with arguments set in the plugin's settings.

Widget controls:

Action	Behavior
Left click	Open plugin's panel.
Right click	Sample a color directly, without opening the panel.

Panel controls:

Action	Behavior
Click bigger swatch	Open color picker dialog.

Usage

• Left-click the bar widget to open the panel.
• Right-click the bar widget to sample a color directly, without opening the panel.
• Inside the panel, click any recent color swatch to select it, or edit the HEX/RGB/HSL fields directly or click the bigger swatch to open color picker dialog.

Settings

setting	type	default	description
hyprpicker-format	select	"hex"	Default color format to copy to clipboard (hex or rgb).
hyprpicker-lowercase	bool	false	Outputs the hexcode in lowercase.
swatch-radius	int	8	Corner radius of the history swatches and current-color preview.
hyprpicker-no-zoom	bool	false	Turns off the magnifying zoom lens while picking.
hyprpicker-scale	int	10	Zoom lens magnification, from 1 to 10.
hyprpicker-radius	int	100	Zoom lens circle radius in pixels, from 1 to 1000.
hyprpicker-disable-preview	bool	false	Turns off the live color preview while picking.
hyprpicker-cursor	bool	false	Includes the cursor in the frozen screen preview.
glyph	glyph	"palette"	Glyph

IPC

Runs hyprpicker with the arguments given in plugin's settings.

noctalia msg panel-toggle oldirtty/color_picker:panel

# Sample a color without opening the panel
noctalia msg plugin oldirtty/color_picker:service all pick

Notes

• There is a known behavior where invoking hyprpicker through the plugin's background service imposes a timeout. The picker will close prematurely if a color is not selected within a certain timeframe, rather than staying open indefinitely waiting for a click.