A Rose By Any Other Name

This beta introduces the most signicant change to the core functionality in a while—a new default layout for the WCAG compliance information, and the introduction of an appearance option to toggle back to the old view if that's preferable.

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• introduces a new default WCAG compliance layout
• adds an appearance preference section to manage the default WCAG compliance layout (so you can roll it back if you'd prefer)

Measure Twice, Cut Once

Phew, bugs squashed! Features added! As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a preview colour to the preferences panel when showing the export options

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue when displaying French in the preferences panel
• fixes an issue with long text being truncated unnecessarily

Freedom! '90

Need to export colors without any formatting? Well, now you can, with the newly simplified and consoliated preferences pane. Display and export colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style. Works with text and JSON exports, too, so everyone wins!

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a preference for copying / displaying colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style
• cleans up the preferences view, consolidating menu items
• updates color names

Redshift

This release adds a much requested feature with automatic copy on pick. This, coupled with the global shortcut, means you can now use the app without ever needing to see it at all. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Copy And Haste

This release adds a much requested feature with automatic copy on pick—that means you can now use Pika without ever needing to actually see the app. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a toggle to copy the color on pick

Call Me By Your Color Name

Thanks to you, the community, this is a big update that's packed with big features, including the first internationalisation effort—French language support. Très bien! If you'd like to get involved with Pika, or if you have any issues or feedback, head over to GitHub.

Updates

• adds French language support
• adds the color space of your main display to the preferences, and uses it as the default option (if you haven't chosen another)
• adds toggleable color names (thanks to color-names)
• adds the ability to export data as text, and in JSON format
• adds a toggle to suppress the format of the color on copy (so no more pesky #)

It's All In The Details

Massively appreciate all your testing on the first beta. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a toggle to suppress the format of the color on copy

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue when displaying French on the splash window
• fixes an issue with the window size obscuring the UI in some cases
• fixes an issue with copying data as text displaying the wrong values

Bonjour!

Excited to try out some new ideas in this beta, along with, drumroll... support for French (merci, @AClmbr!) As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds French language support
• adds the color space of your main display, and uses it as the default option (this wasn't always included in availableColorSpaces)
• adds toggleable color names (thanks to color-names)
• adds the ability to export data as text, and in JSON format

A Fresh Coat

Excited to roll out some changes to how Pika looks and works, with the goal of making it faster and easier to use. This update includes an overhaul of the swatch itself, relocation of the color format to the toolbar, and general accessibility improvements. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• Simplfies the swatch design
• Updates and simplifies color copying
• Moves the color format from preferences to the toolbar
• Initialises color picking on the global shortcut / when showing Pika
• Removes the background on swatches in favour of a drop shadow, to improve consistency and readability
• Adds swap colors as a keyboard shortcut to both the menu, and to About

Bug Fixes

• Improves accessibility in the swatch component
• Adds the preferences shortcut to the right-click menu bar menu

Quick, Swap

Final tweaks before release. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• Adds swap as a keyboard shortcut to both the menu, and to About