Re: ColorPicker problem (win32 version)

[Toralf Lund <toralf procaptura com>]

>  > 2. Type "#0026FF" into the "Color name" field, then press Enter.
>  > 3. Click the "eyedropper" button.
>  > 4. Point at the current colour display field inside the dialog, then 
>  > click (so as to select the colour.)
>  > 
>  > Expected result:
>  > Nothing changes - as I've just selected what was already the current colour.
>  > 
>  > Actual result:
>  > The colour does change. The "name" value changes to "#0024FF",
>
> Your display is in 16-bit mode.
It's not supposed to be, but I suppose I have to take a closer look at 
the setup.
>  It uses only 16 bits for each pixel
> (typically five bits for red, six for green, and five for blue, if I
> recall correctly). A colour value like #0026FF uses eight bits for
> each of red, green and blue. Thus the least significant bits of each
> channel get truncated when it is actually displayed.
>   
So, what you are saying is that the eyedropper can only get the colour 
values actually output by the display driver? I.e., there isn't a 24-bit 
version available in some "backend" or whatever?

- Toralf