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Love this, but for some reason when I go to select a color in an app window, it only displays and pulls colors from my desktop background. I can't get it to actually find colors from the current window I'm in. Any idea why?

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4yr ago

Clark Dinnison

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@sethbwilliams hmm haven’t seen that one. What macOS version are you on?

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4yr ago

anewspace

@sethbwilliams @clark_dinnison This happens when an application hasn't been granted screen recording permission in macOS privacy settings

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4yr ago

Clark Dinnison

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@sethbwilliams @clark_dinnison @anewspace good call, thanks. The app should direct you to security settings when you pick a color for the first time — but can be updated in Security & Privacy settings under Screen Recording permissions

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4yr ago

Justin Scheetz

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LOVE THE SIMPLICITY. One request: Let me set a keyboard shortcut to activate and this will be the absolute perfect color picker. I'd be happy to send $$$ your way to get it done! 😉

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4yr ago

Clark Dinnison

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@justinscheetz actually that’s on my ToDo! Totally agree.

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4yr ago

Clark Dinnison

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✨Why I built Roy, the world's smallest color picker (claim still being verified): • I thought existing color picker tools were too feature-heavy (palettes, color profiles, etc). I just wanted to quickly snag a HEX value and paste it into Figma • I didn't want to open a new app every time I needed to pick a color. A simple, "always-on" menu bar app was perfect • I wanted to learn Swift and build a macOS app • I needed an excuse to build a brand around the name Roy It was a fun lil project to build. Let me know if you find it useful. Give it a whirl — it's free

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4yr ago

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