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royd
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6 years ago
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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...
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    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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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.

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royd
Regular Contributor
6 years ago

Thank you. I will give it a try.