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.

  • @over_clox
    -18•1 year ago

    I’m calling out KDE for ripping off the Windows Color Picker. Not mad at OP directly, but still, might as well go back to Windows if that’s your preferred color picker.

    • MoxvallixOPEnglish
      20•1 year ago

      But why would I go to Windows, if KDE has the same colour picker? Literally an argument for me staying is that the colour picker is identical, so not worth switching for the colour picker (which I really don’t care about when it comes to choosing a desktop).

      All I wanted was to see if anyone knew of a way to allow Firefox to use my desktop environment’s colour picker. I don’t care if the design is “stolen” from Windows, and I doubt Microsoft cares either. You really have picked a very obscure, and rather stupid hill to die on.

      Sorry for being harsh, I’m just frustrated that the discussion here is about KDE’s colour picker design, and not about customising Firefox, which is what I asked about.

      • @over_clox
        -15•1 year ago

        I apologize for being harsh as well, but that old Win311 style color picker came from the 16 bit days. You wanna rewrite it in 64 bit?

        • MoxvallixOPEnglish
          17•1 year ago

          Hang on… you don’t think they are literally the same program right?

          The KDE colour picker is a different program that just looks like the Windows one. KDE’s colour picker isn’t “16 bit”.

          • @over_clox
            -13•1 year ago

            No shit, M$ literally used the same color picker for 24 bit truecolor as well. It’s literally the same GUI.

            • MoxvallixOPEnglish
              12•1 year ago

              No… I am starting to understand why you have been saying the things you have. You are actually thinking they are the same program.

              They very much are not. KDE wrote their own. Just happens to look the same. KDE’s uses QT, Microsoft would use Window’s native toolkit.

              They are not the same colour picker.

              • @over_clox
                -13•1 year ago

                They have the same interface. No originality, no creativity, just copy the big $$ crappy interface…

    • xigoi
      12•1 year ago

      Can you imagine that someone can like some aspects of an operating system without liking the whole of it?

      • @over_clox
        -9•1 year ago

        It’s also the truth. Brutal truth no less, they ripped off the color picker from the Win311/95 era, with no concept on an updated GUI, they just carbon copied M$…

        • Nyfure
          11•1 year ago

          Feel free to submit a change if it bothers you that much…
          Wait… yes? You dont want to? You just want to complain?
          Ok then.

          • @over_clox
            -9•1 year ago

            I’m not going back to that year 2009 crap, “source code or it didn’t happen”.

            Allz I know is I see with my own eyes that KDE done literally copied Win311 color picker.

        • AnonTwo
          4•1 year ago

          It’s also something nobody asked, if we’re talking brutal truths

    • Nido
      10•1 year ago

      Considering the History of Windwows stealing KDE Features/ Designs i bet the KDE Color Picker was there first 😜