414124 – Color picking without focus

Bug 414124 - Color picking without focus

Summary: Color picking without focus

Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM

Alias:	None

Product:	kcolorchooser
Classification:	Applications
Component:	general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Platform:	Other Linux

Importance:	NOR wishlist
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Hugo Parente Lima

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Reported:	2019-11-14 06:38 UTC by Nick Cross
Modified:	2025-09-10 07:12 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Nick Cross 2019-11-14 06:38:47 UTC

SUMMARY

Feature Enhancement : it would be very useful to have a focus follows mouse mode  i.e. similar to gpick where I can click on other windows for them to have active focus and it will follow my cursor showing current colours.



SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora 31
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.61.0
Qt Version: 5.12.5
Kernel Version: 5.3.9-300.fc31.x86_64

Comment 1 witchhunter 2021-06-22 20:42:14 UTC Comment hidden (spam)

The real problem here occurs when windows in the background are dimmed. Activating 'pick screen color' mode don't allow Alt+Tab window switching and we are unable to capture the real color, furthermore none of the system shortcuts work in that mode (window minimizing etc.). Maybe the biggest issue is that *workaround* - 'Color picker' widget don't implement hovered color preview.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-09-10 07:12:55 UTC

This functionality would have to be added in the Qt QColorDialog component that the app is a thin wrapper around; I'm afraid we can't add it here without that.