Edit global swatch with eyedropper

[Ana Mendes]

So, when I edit a global color (1), theres an eyedropper. When I click on it, instead of activating the eyedropper mode so I can pick the new color (2), it changes the color to RED (although red isnt anywhere in this document).

So, this is a bug.

For now, to do what I want I have to...

1. eyedroper tool, select the color I want (2)

2. create color swatch with this color, so I can know the values

3. open the global color, edit the values

4. delete the color I had to create on step 2

[Ana Mendes]

Also, when deleting colors, theres a popup confirming, but it wont have either Yes or No selected. It should, so I can do it with keyboard fast.

[walt.farrell]

Welcome too the Serif Affinity forums.

That color selector is both the eye dropper and the color circle (well) beside it. It operates in two modes:

1. If you click it, it assigns the color that is currently in the color well.

2. If you click, hold, and drag it, it samples colors from you screen. When you release it, the sampled color is put into the color well for later use.

 

[Ana Mendes]

When I'm editing a global color, the eyedropper is always with RED selected.

Before opening the EDIT COLOR, I selected some other color for the well. Obviously, when I double click to edit a global color, it'll select the one to edit to the well. When I right click, the eyedropper in the EDIT COLOR window is always with RED selected.

 

Drag and drop on the desired color works  but I wouldn't guess. The eyedroper doesn't work like that anywhere else, or am I wrong?

 

Thanks!! Such fast response!

[thomaso]

19 minutes ago, Ana Mendes said:

The eyedroper doesn't work like that anywhere else, or am I wrong?

The eyedroppers in various panels work like that to me, but a little different to the Eyedropper Tool which does not set any colour as soon it gets selected but on a dropper's click only.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Ana Mendes said:

When I'm editing a global color, the eyedropper is always with RED selected.

That color selector is in several studio panels, and defaults to red. It then operates as I described above.