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superhighfives / pika

An open-source colour picker app for macOS
https://superhighfives.com/pika
MIT License
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Open picker when the app is launched #113

Open franciscolourenco opened 8 months ago

franciscolourenco commented 8 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Currently, when Pika is launched in Dock mode, the color picker windows doesn't automatically open. It is necessary to click on the dock icon a second time. Use-case: I would like to open the app, use it and close it, without having to run it permanently in the background.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like for Pika to automatically show the color picker when it is launched, at least when in Dock mode.

superhighfives commented 7 months ago

Thanks for adding this, @franciscolourenco! I had used the global shortcut to achieve this (you can set it in your preferences) so from the time Pika is open, you simply trigger the shortcut and start picking, and the app will appear. Curious if this would meet your requirement?

franciscolourenco commented 7 months ago

@superhighfives my intent was to avoid having Pika running always in the background. Launch the app, pick color, close app.

superhighfives commented 7 months ago

I hear you, @franciscolourenco. I believe you should be able to do that with the global shortcut—open Pika, trigger global shortcut, pick the colour, copy it, quit Pika. That's how I use it personally. I'm reticent to change the default behaviour, but adding a setting for "Show Pika on launch" could also be an option. 🤔

franciscolourenco commented 7 months ago

@superhighfives a setting like that would be great, so that you don't have to use an extra keyboard shortcut.

superhighfives commented 7 months ago

Great. Flagged this as help wanted in case anyone wants to take a pass at adding this feature. 👍

superhighfives commented 5 months ago

This is now released as 0.0.17-beta1, which you can download from https://github.com/superhighfives/pika/releases/tag/0.0.17-beta1, or by checking "Subscribe to beta releases" in Pika's settings and then "Check for updates..." in the menu. Thanks @franciscolourenco, appreciate it!

Any feedback or issues, please let me know.

franciscolourenco commented 5 months ago

Works, thank you @superhighfives ❤️