Color Picker Dialog Box Properties

You can use the Color Picker dialog box to update a color for an object. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

This topic contains the following sections:

Standard Tab Properties
Custom Tab Properties

You see these elements on both tabs:

Select to apply the color value you specified here.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Standard Tab Properties

Select a color from the web safe color swatches.

Color Picker dialog box - Standard tab

Web Safe Colors

Select a web safe color.

Specify the amount of red in a color, from 0 to 255.

Specify the amount of green in a color, from 0 to 255.

Specify the amount of blue in a color, from 0 to 255.

Alpha

Server enables this property when you are setting the background color for a label or field. Specify the amount of transparency, from 0 to 255. When Alpha is 255, the color code contains 6 digits. When Alpha is not 255, Server displays the color code with 8 digits, and the first two digits indicate the alpha or transparency value.

The property value that is not 255 only works on the Text display type.

Specify the hexadecimal value of the color.

New

Server displays the color you selected.

Current

Server always displays the original color.

Custom Tab Properties

This tab enables you to customize the color within a wider range.

Color Picker dialog box - Custom tab

Color matrix

Select anywhere in the color matrix. Change saturation horizontally or change brightness vertically.

Color bar

Select a color on the bar to change the hue of the color matrix.