v2.1.0

Eyedropper 2.1.0 has been released, featuring

• RGB decimal notation
• support for global shortcuts
• a new way to directly enter colors, without picking them first

Download the new version on Flathub.

New Contributors

• @Tuba2 made their first contribution in #156
• @twlvnn made their first contribution in #174
• @City-busz made their first contribution in #185

Full Changelog: v2.0.1...v2.1.0

v2.0.1

chore(translations): update template

v2.0.0

After almost a year since the last update, the new version of Eyedropper brings significant changes both to the user interface and under the hood:

• A new color editor allows modifying the picked color
• The color system has been completely rewritten, now using the palette library for more accurate color conversions.
• If the system does not allow color picking, a warning page is now displayed (Thanks to Brage Fulgeseth for the illustration)

New Contributors

• @Shayan418 made their first contribution in #99
• @milotype made their first contribution in #102
• @jamiethecat made their first contribution in #123
• @ciro-mota made their first contribution in #130
• @yakushabb made their first contribution in #132

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v2.0.0

v1.0.0

Added

• Show visual feedback when parsing input
• Apply input with a new button
• Display colors in overview search
• Shadow to differentiate colors from background
• Export palettes to LibreOffice
• Tooltip on primary menu
• Czech translation
• Portuguese translation
• Parse any format input
• Allow for different separators in formats
• Allow for whitespace in formats
• Allow precision of 0
• Set a maximum precision of 15
• Duplicated colors will be removed from the history by @gregorni
• Commanding option for opening the picker

Changed

• Use flat headerbar
• Show pop-over for export file formats
• Use GNOME 45 runtime
• Use CSS lab format
• Use von Kries Matrix to convert to XYZ
• Update to libadwaita 1.4
• Improved settings backend
• Improved Name sources dialog
• Removed default precision switch
• Removed unused debug info
• Moved to Blueprint
• Improved Search performance

Fixed

• Hide toast when cancelled
• Fixed sandbox debug info
• Use correct screenshot links
• Fixed clippy lints
• Fixed typos
• Remove unused code

v0.7.0-beta

Added

• Show visual feedback when parsing input
• Apply input with a new button
• Display colors in overview search
• Shadow to differentiate colors from background
• Export palettes to LibreOffice
• Tooltip on primary menu
• Czech translation
• Portuguese translation
• Parse any format input
• Allow for different separators in formats
• Allow for whitespace in formats
• Allow precision of 0

Changed

• Use flat headerbar
• Show pop-over for export file formats
• Use GNOME 44 runtime
• Use CSS lab format
• Use von Kries Matrix to convert to XYZ
• Update to libadwaita 1.4
• Improved settings backend
• Improved Name sources dialog
• Removed default precision switch

Fixed

• Hide toast when cancelled
• Fixed sandbox debug info
• Use correct screenshot links
• Fixed clippy lints
• Fixed typos
• Remove unused code

0.6.0

Added

• Show a toast with an Undo option when clearing the history
• Use Ctrl-Q to close the window
• Use a default minimum window size, content should no longer unnecessarily cut off
• New icon by @bertob
• Export palettes as Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE), hex, PAL, Paint.NET (txt) files
• Minor changes to the store metadata

Changed

• Hunter-Lab now displays 0 instead of NaN
• Improved tooltips for copying colors
• Palette window now uses a button with a more explicit text instead of an icon
• Reworded project description
• Updated all screenshots

Fixed

• Separator is now hidden when the history list is hidden
• Improved editing experience when change the Hex color/name

0.5.1

Added

• Russian translation by @vorons
• Use higher optimization options when compiling a release
• Return the exit code when quitting

Changed

• History no longer contains duplicated colors

Fixed

• Wrong default rgb format
• LMS and Hunter Lab sharing their preference setting

0.5.0

Added

• Export the generated palettes from the palette dialog as a GIMP palette file
• A .doap file to describe the project
• Show a placeholder page when no color is picked
• LMS color space can now be shown
• Convert to Hunter-Lab color space
• Customize color formats

Changed

• Fixed a bug where the illuminants were not fully shown
• The names of the GNOME color palette are now available

0.4.0

Added

• Options to show names of color (from w3c basic, extended and xkcd)
• Change the color by typing a name in the name field
• Palettes are now shown in the palette dialog, accessible by clicking on the large color button
• The App now uses the AdwAboutWindow
• HSL does now support alpha values
• HWB and CIELCh are now supported
• CIE standard observer for CIELab and CIELCh
• Change CIE illuminants
• The following translations have been added
  • Spanish by IngrownMink4
  • Basque by IngrownMink4
  • Turkish by libreajans
  • Dutch by flipflop97
  • Italian by phaerrax
• Code refactoring

Removed

• Removed explicit dependency on the libc crate, as it is no longer needed with the new palette dialog

0.3.1

Added

• Translation for the "Copied" message
• A symbolic icon
• Dutch translation by flipflop97

Changed

• Fixed broken Alphaposition setting