Re: [orca-list] Finding the color of a cell in Libre Office Calc

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

I don't think this is a Libreoffice problem.  I think this is what you
get from gnome.  Actually, this is the most precise information you
can get.  Yes, color names would be better but less precise; so as
long as both options are kept available, it would be good.  I have an
idea though.  If I were to write a function, I would merely pass the
RBG values to the function and it could dial in a subscript from an
array of 256 values for each of the 3 numbers.  But as I brain storm
this right now, I see that this wouldn't do it either because you have
combinations so really, you end up with 255 taken to the 3rd power!
that's a huge number! So back to more brain storming <smile>.

On 1/30/12, Paul Hunt <paul-leics virginmedia com> wrote:
> That would be an interesting little programming exercise.
>
> I suppose one could examine each component of the triplet and have a set
> of rules that said, okay, if there's that much red and that much green
> and that much blue then it's that colour...
>
> Better if Libre Office gave us something more human readable than RG
> values though!
>
>
> On 30/01/12 21:08, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> > Great, got it! Thanks! It appears that I'm getting an RGB triplet with
> > the values ranging from 0 to 255. This seems doable at the moment, but
> > do you know if anyone has any ideas on how Orca can figure out human
> > readable colors from this information? Seems like kind of a nasty issue
> > to solve.
> >
> >
> > On 30/01/12 14:28, Paul Hunt wrote:
> > > By default, Orca does not include colour information in the list of
> > > attributes that you get with insert + F.
> > >
> > > You can add colour info to the list using the text attributes tab of the
> > > Orca preferences dialogue.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately though, currently you get a numeric value rather than a
> > > colour name when you do this. I think it's a hexadecimal representation
> > > of the colour.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 30/01/12 20:08, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> > > > Is there a way to get the color information for a cell in Libre Office
> > > > Calc? It doesn't look like this information is part of the text
> > > > attributes I get with the Orca+f key. I also didn't see it when looking
> > > > around the key bindings or learn mode.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > orca-list mailing list
> > > orca-list gnome org
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
>
> _______________________________________________
> orca-list mailing list
> orca-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> The manual is at
> http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp