How do I repurpose the Spectrum Color Picker?
Currently, the only way is to use this, not public, API. I've started working on a new UI module, to handle similar situations (ability to add/replace GrapesJS UI elements) but unfortunately, I have no idea when it'll be released, as it's more in an experimental stage.
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I would like to repurpose the color picker used in GrapesJS. I have to use a color picker for some project level settings. These settings are accessible from the GrapesJS editor. I would like to leverage the existing color picker that is used for traits like font colors, etc. I've seen this post about extending a trait to get the color picker. Unfortunately, I don't think I can do that in my case. As far as I know, Traits are part of components; I am not dealing with components, I'm dealing with project-level settings that are outside the general scope of GrapesJS. I just need to pass my inpu...
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Currently, the only way is to use this, not public, API. I've started working on a new UI module, to handle similar situations (ability to add/replace GrapesJS UI elements) but unfortunately, I have no idea when it'll be released, as it's more in an experimental stage.
is there a way to keep the color picker but configure the spectrum options? for example if i wanted to force hex colors i could pass { preferredFormat: "hex" }?
Thanks for reporting this, @stljeff1. Great suggestion about How do I repurpose the Spectrum Color Picker?! While this specific feature isn't yet in the core API, there are several ways to achieve similar behavior. Using the event system: Alternative approaches: Listen to selector:add for CSS selec...
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