Angular Color Picker

This is a simple color picker based on the cool angular2-color-picker by Alberplz.

This documentation is for the latest version which requires Angular 5 or newer. For Angular 4 you need to use the latest 4.x.x version. Documentation for the 4.x.x can be found from here.

Quick links

Example application | StackBlitz example

Building the library

1npm install
2npm run build

Running the example

1npm install
2npm run start

Installing and usage

1npm install ngx-color-picker --save

Load the module for your app:

1import { ColorPickerModule } from 'ngx-color-picker';
2
3@NgModule({
4  ...
5  imports: [
6    ...
7    ColorPickerModule
8  ]
9})

Use it in your HTML template:

1<input [(colorPicker)]="color" [style.background]="color"/>

1[colorPicker]                // The color to show in the color picker dialog.
2
3[cpWidth]                    // Use this option to set color picker dialog width ('230px').
4[cpHeight]                   // Use this option to force color picker dialog height ('auto').
5
6[cpToggle]                   // Sets the default open / close state of the color picker (false).
7[cpDisabled]                 // Disables opening of the color picker dialog via toggle / events.
8
9[cpColorMode]                // Dialog color mode: 'color', 'grayscale', 'presets' ('color').
10
11[cpCmykEnabled]              // Enables CMYK input format and color change event (false).
12
13[cpOutputFormat]             // Output color format: 'auto', 'hex', 'rgba', 'hsla' ('auto').
14[cpAlphaChannel]             // Alpha mode: 'enabled', 'disabled', 'always', 'forced' ('enabled').
15
16[cpFallbackColor]            // Used when the color is not well-formed or is undefined ('#000').
17
18[cpPosition]                 // Dialog position: 'auto', 'top', 'bottom', 'left', 'right',
19                             //  'top-left', 'top-right', 'bottom-left', 'bottom-right' ('auto').
20[cpPositionOffset]           // Dialog offset percentage relative to the directive element (0%).
21[cpPositionRelativeToArrow]  // Dialog position is calculated relative to dialog arrow (false).
22
23[cpPresetLabel]              // Label text for the preset colors if any provided ('Preset colors').
24[cpPresetColors]             // Array of preset colors to show in the color picker dialog ([]).
25
26[cpDisableInput]             // Disables / hides the color input field from the dialog (false).
27
28[cpDialogDisplay]            // Dialog positioning mode: 'popup', 'inline' ('popup').
29                             //   popup: dialog is shown as popup (fixed positioning).
30                             //   inline: dialog is shown permanently (static positioning).
31
32[cpIgnoredElements]          // Array of HTML elements that will be ignored when clicked ([]).
33
34[cpSaveClickOutside]         // Save currently selected color when user clicks outside (true).
35[cpCloseClickOutside]        // Close the color picker dialog when user clicks outside (true).
36
37[cpOKButton]                 // Show an OK / Apply button which saves the color (false).
38[cpOKButtonText]             // Button label text shown inside the OK / Apply button ('OK').
39[cpOKButtonClass]            // Additional class for customizing the OK / Apply button ('').
40
41[cpCancelButton]             // Show a Cancel / Reset button which resets the color (false).
42[cpCancelButtonText]         // Button label text shown inside the Cancel / Reset button ('Cancel').
43[cpCancelButtonClass]        // Additional class for customizing the Cancel / Reset button ('').
44
45[cpAddColorButton]           // Show an Add Color button which add the color into preset (false).
46[cpAddColorButtonText]       // Button label text shown inside the Add Color button ('Add color').
47[cpAddColorButtonClass]      // Additional class for customizing the Add Color button ('').
48
49[cpRemoveColorButtonClass]   // Additional class for customizing the Remove Color button ('').
50
51[cpPresetColorsClass]        // Additional class for customizing the Preset Colors container ('').
52
53[cpMaxPresetColorsLength]    // Use this option to set the max colors allowed in presets (null).
54
55[cpPresetEmptyMessage]       // Message for empty colors if any provided used ('No colors added').
56[cpPresetEmptyMessageClass]  // Additional class for customizing the empty colors message ('').
57
58[cpUseRootViewContainer]     // Create dialog component in the root view container (false).
59                             // Note: The root component needs to have public viewContainerRef.
60
61(colorPickerOpen)            // Current color value, send when dialog is opened (value: string).
62(colorPickerClose)           // Current color value, send when dialog is closed (value: string).
63
64(colorPickerChange)          // Changed color value, send when color is changed (value: string).
65(colorPickerCancel)          // Color select canceled, send when Cancel button is pressed (void).
66(colorPickerSelect)          // Selected color value, send when OK button is pressed (value: string).
67
68(cpToggleChange)             // Status of the dialog, send when dialog is opened / closed (open: boolean).
69
70(cpInputChange)              // Input name and its value, send when user changes color through inputs
71                             // ({input: string, value: number | string, color: string})
72
73(cpSliderChange)             // Slider name and its value, send when user changes color through slider
74                             //   ({slider: string, value: number | string, color: string})
75(cpSliderDragStart)          // Slider name and current color, send when slider dragging starts (mousedown,touchstart)
76                             //   ({slider: string, color: string})
77(cpSliderDragEnd)            // Slider name and current color, send when slider dragging ends (mouseup,touchend)
78                             //   ({slider: string, color: string})
79
80(cpCmykColorChange)          // Outputs the color as CMYK string if CMYK is enabled (value: string).
81
82(cpPresetColorsChange)       // Preset colors, send when 'Add Color' button is pressed (value: array).

Available control / helper functions (provided by the directive):

1openDialog()                 // Opens the color picker dialog if not already open.
2closeDialog()                // Closes the color picker dialog if not already closed.