Color Chooser?

[borkman]

I'd like to allow users to customize certain colors on an upcoming module. I tried using JColorChooser but I get a HeadlessException so using Swing directly seems like a dead end. The VM API has file and message dialogs, but I couldn't find either a color chooser or a way to open a custom dialog. I could use another paradigm like choosing from a list of canned colors or setting RGB or something, but those approaches each have their own limitations, at least the way I'm envisioning them. Is there anyone who has implemented a flexible color chooser and wouldn't mind sharing their approach?

[UrbanCyborg]

I hear the crickets chirping....from which I'd guess no one's done it. Just one of the things I've asked CA for in VMD. Mainly, I asked for better dialogs capabilities, because the MessageBox() functionality that's there is really strained doing the help system on my modules. This one would be nice, too.

Reid

[ColinP]

I've had similar problems. The API doesn't provide any of the hooks required to do generalized dialog programming so you are left with only a few options such as...

1) A fixed menu of color names.
2) Creating a "pretend dialog" that is confined to the area of your module.
3) Having a separate little utility module dedicated to color choice that users can opt to launch temporarily when they want to change something.

[borkman]

Bummer. Ah well, onward and upward!