Is there any way to get Firefox to use the native color picker?
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.
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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.
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.
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?
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".
No shit, M$ literally used the same color picker for 24 bit truecolor as well. It's literally the same GUI.
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.
They have the same interface. No originality, no creativity, just copy the big $$ crappy interface..
ugh
Can you imagine that someone can like some aspects of an operating system without liking the whole of it?
KDE isn't an operating system, it's a desktop environment on top of an operating system. Can't they avoid copycat Windows?
@over_clox @xigoi I would argue what M$ is ripping off KDE as much as they can
https://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-windows-ripping-off-kde-plasma-again/
@over_clox @xigoi
https://www.debugpoint.com/windows-11-inspiration-linux-kde-plasma/
I didn't ask or say shit about Windows 11. I said KDE ripped off the color picker interface from Windows 3.11, from 1993.
Oh, that's right. I forgot that people kept using Windows after 7..
You're probably not wrong, M$ dips their dirty paws into GitHub, which they now own apparently...
bruv KDE is on their own GitLab instance, they don't have any code on GitHub....
That just sounds extremely petty....
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$..
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.
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.
It's also something nobody asked, if we're talking brutal truths
Considering the History of Windwows stealing KDE Features/ Designs i bet the KDE Color Picker was there first 😜