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royd
Regular Contributor
6 years ago

Trying to get Hex/RGB value of a color preview swatch, please help!

Hi everyone   In configuration page some colors are customizable.  When clicked on any of the input fields, a color chooser pops up. Selecting a color populates the field with the hex value...
Chrome
IE
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    6 years ago

    backgroundColor is not a method, it's the actual property.   So, just compare that property to the desired value.

     

     

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royd
Regular Contributor

I am surprised that even the Smartbear support team is surprisingly quiet! Does this mean there is no way TestComplete can do this!!?

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

Actually, I think the difference is beyond even just whether or not it shows as RGB versus Hex...  I have a checkpoint set up that does something similar.... but the caveat that I have is that it will work with IE only.  I think the contentDocument property/object or some of the methods and properties of it are only available in IE.  That would be where I'd start, to put a breakpoint on that line and do some investigation as to why JavaScript is burping there... 

  • royd's avatar
    royd
    Regular Contributor
    6 years ago

    Thanks Robert!

     

    You are always there when I need help!  I almost gave up hope. I will give it a try tomorrow and let you know.

     

    Dave

     

     

    • royd's avatar
      royd
      Regular Contributor
      6 years ago

      Hi Robert,

       

      As you suggested, I am using IE 11. Now I am getting runtime error:

       

                  JavaScript runtime error.
            TypeError: Cannot read property 'color' of null
       
      If you take a look at the above screenshot, the style (color) in named 'backgroud-color'. I am using the following to Log the color:
      var style = page.contentDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(colorPrimary, "");
Log.Message(style.background-color);
      I am not quite sure if I should be using 
      Log.Message(style.background-color);
      or
      Log.Message(style.color);
       
      Either way, I am getting the same error. 
       
      Thank you.
      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor
        6 years ago

        In the code that I'm using, I get the element from the page in IE... then I get the "currentStyle.backgroundColor" property.  I think that's better than the getComputedStyle method.  See if that works better for you.