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superhighfives / pika

An open-source colour picker app for macOS
https://superhighfives.com/pika
MIT License
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Support invoking colour picking via URI or scripting #122

Closed NeighNeighNeigh closed 2 months ago

NeighNeighNeigh commented 2 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would like to invoke Pika's colour picking mode via my 2 primary automation tools (Alfred and Kando Pie Menu). If I'm not mistaken, the only way to invoke this currently is by assigning a hotkey. This is undesirable as I find assigning and maintaining hotkeys can get messy, especially with lots of automations at play.

Describe the solution you'd like It would be nice if I could invoke PIKA's picking mode via URI, shell scripting or AppleScript.

Thanks so much for PIKA, it's truly delightful!

superhighfives commented 2 months ago

Hey @NeighNeighNeigh—thanks for the kind words. You should be able to call Pika via automation tools with the URL triggers. There's a full list here: https://github.com/superhighfives/pika?tab=readme-ov-file#url-triggers

I've only personally used this with Raycast, but it should work with any quick link type set up:

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NeighNeighNeigh commented 2 months ago

Oh I’m mortified 😅 It’s already possible, exactly what I need, and clearly documented! Thank you and apologies for being daft!