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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.
Entire Comment Section discussing the weird comment of @over_clox instead of OPs Question lmao.
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I solved the issue of Firefox not following my theme on KDE by abandoning Firefox and using Waterfox.
Functionally identical in every way except Waterfox follows qt instead of gtk.
Itβs a stretch, Iβve never used waterfoxβs color picker. But it may also use qt instead of gtk.
I'm even more intrigued by their idea for a "good" color picker. From the way they describe it it just sounds like a UX nightmare
Ah, that's where the discussion is! Lovely!
*ignores OP question and scrolls down to join in*
Excuse me for not answering the question but are you using the color picker in Firefox really that frequently?
I would just choose a nice color with the picker of my choice and paste the hex-code / type the RGB in the custom panel of the default FF color picker and that's it.
Not really. I just like tinkering, and customising things, and I wanted to see if I could.
Ah, I see! In that case I can completely understand your intention.
In about:config see if setting widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal to true does anything for you.
Hmm, it appears it already is set to true. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work.
If I recall correctly that enables the kde file picker at least
I didn't even know there was a color picker in Firefox !? What it is used for?
The color type form input. Itβs a HTML standard, all modern browsers have it.
Oh ok that makes sense I guess I don't usually use anything like that... Plus I was thinking of the browser itself using it for something...
Yo kde color picker exists? How do I use this?
It pops up whenever a KDE application offers colour selection. Easiest way is probably to open settings to Appearance > Colors and click the Custom button.
Falkon also uses it with input type=color which is why the screenshot says Falkon in it.