Color dialog - can only enter 2 of 3 digts

[Guest]

Win XP Home, SP2 & IE 7.0

When I try to create custom colors using the color dialog, I can only enter
two (2) digits into the text boxes for hue, saturation, luminesence, red,
green, and blue. I should be able to enter three (3) digits in each text
box; clicking on a color in the palette, 3 digits are displayed in the RGB
fields.

Any suggestions?

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Win XP Home, SP2 & IE 7.0

When I try to create custom colors using the color dialog, I can only enter
two (2) digits into the text boxes for hue, saturation, luminesence, red,
green, and blue. I should be able to enter three (3) digits in each text
box; clicking on a color in the palette, 3 digits are displayed in the RGB
fields.

Any suggestions?

RGB<256 ie 343 not valid

HTH-Larry
Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Larry, but that is not the problem: I just can't enter more than two
digits - even when they are smaller than 26 (say 11), the third digit I can
not enter :-(

 

[Elmo]

Thanks Larry, but that is not the problem: I just can't enter more than two
digits - even when they are smaller than 26 (say 11), the third digit I can
not enter :-(

Could it require the hex equivalent then? Try FF (255) and see if it's
accepted.

 

[Ayush]

Trois Jay wrote ::

Win XP Home, SP2 & IE 7.0

When I try to create custom colors using the color dialog, I can only enter
two (2) digits into the text boxes for hue, saturation, luminesence, red,
green, and blue. I should be able to enter three (3) digits in each text
box; clicking on a color in the palette, 3 digits are displayed in the RGB
fields.

Any suggestions?

Well, that's strange. Are you sure you are trying this in normal color dialogs ?
Try in paint.

Good Luck, Ayush.

 

[Guest]

Just to clarify: I'm talking about the default Windows Color Chooser\Dialog -
the one that is used in several programs: Office, MS Paint, Paint Shop Pro
etc.
So, you can only enter digits per color: no Hex - picking a color from the
pallette 3 digits are displayed - but typing them doesn't work - (it seems as
if) the field is too small......

I found this thread about the same problem:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/195043-microsoft-standard-color-dialog-numerical.html
- with this screenshot:
http://attachments.techguy.org/attachments/27917d1074104965/dialog.gif - this
is exactly how my dialog looks - check out the 3rd digit being displayed only
half.

Changed the font(size) under: Control Panel > Display > Appearance (from
Segoe UI to Tahoma), but it didn't make any difference for that color box
(although, not rebooted my machine yet).

 

[Guest]

Just to clarify: I'm talking about the default Windows Color Chooser\Dialog -
the one that is used in several programs: Office, MS Paint, Paint Shop Pro
etc.
So, you can only enter digits per color: no Hex - picking a color from the
pallette, 3 digits are displayed per color\Hue - but typing them doesn't work
now - (it seems as if) the field is too small......

I found this thread about the same problem:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/195043-microsoft-standard-color-dialog-numerical.html
- with this screenshot:
http://attachments.techguy.org/attachments/27917d1074104965/dialog.gif - this
is exactly how my dialog looks - check out the 3rd digit being displayed only
half.

Changed the font(size) under: Control Panel > Display > Appearance (from
Segoe UI to Tahoma), but it didn't make any difference for that color box
(although, not rebooted my machine yet

 

[Elmo]

Just to clarify: I'm talking about the default Windows Color Chooser\Dialog -
the one that is used in several programs: Office, MS Paint, Paint Shop Pro
etc.
So, you can only enter digits per color: no Hex - picking a color from the
pallette, 3 digits are displayed per color\Hue - but typing them doesn't work
now - (it seems as if) the field is too small......

I found this thread about the same problem:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/195043-microsoft-standard-color-dialog-numerical.html
- with this screenshot:
http://attachments.techguy.org/attachments/27917d1074104965/dialog.gif - this
is exactly how my dialog looks - check out the 3rd digit being displayed only
half.

Changed the font(size) under: Control Panel > Display > Appearance (from
Segoe UI to Tahoma), but it didn't make any difference for that color box
(although, not rebooted my machine yet

The numbers should enter, whether they're displayed or not. To have
them fit, you'd need to lower the DPI. Open Display Properties,
Settings tab, Advanced button, lower the DPI setting.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Elmo, for your suggestion, but:

1) 2 digits can be entered, not 3 - if there are 2 in, nothing happens when
you try to enter the 3rd one - if it would be accepted (invisibly), the color
would change in the pallette;
2) my DPI is 96; I can change it to 120, but then it looks like a kid's or
granny's computer: letters almost one (1) cm high.... My resolution is 1024 *
768. Other than that: it used to work fine 'before' (although I can't
remember when that was).

The PITA continues....