TIEColorPalette.HintFormat

Declaration

property HintFormat: string;

Description

Specifies the hint that is displayed when hovering over a color. Set to '' to disable custom hints.

You can use the following constants:

Const	Value	Description
IECP_Index_Value	%INDEX%	The index of the color in the control (zero-based)
IECP_Delphi_Value	%HTML%	The color as a Delphi value, e.g. clRed or $00663300
IECP_Html_Value	%HTML%	The color as an HTML value, e.g. $FF0033
IECP_RGB_R_Value	%RGB_R%	The Red value of RGB
IECP_RGB_G_Value	%RGB_G%	The Green value of RGB
IECP_RGB_B_Value	%RGB_B%	The Blue value of RGB
IECP_HSL_H_Value	%HSL_H%	The Hue value of HSL
IECP_HSL_S_Value	%HSL_S%	The Saturation value of HSL
IECP_HSL_L_Value	%HSL_L%	The Luminance value of HSL
IECP_HSV_H_Value	%HSV_H%	The Hue value of HSV
IECP_HSV_S_Value	%HSV_S%	The Saturation value of HSV
IECP_HSV_V_Value	%HSV_V%	The Value of HSV
IECP_CMYK_C_Value	%CMYK_C%	The Cyan value of CMYK
IECP_CMYK_M_Value	%CMYK_M%	The Magenta value of CMYK
IECP_CMYK_Y_Value	%CMYK_Y%	The Yellow value of CMYK
IECP_CMYK_Y_Value	%CMYK_Y%	The Black value of CMYK

You can specify the hint display time using CustomHintTimeout

Default: '%HTML% (R: %RGB_R%, G: %RGB_G%, B: %RGB_B%)'

// Display full color details
ColorPalette1.HintFormat := IECP_Html_Value   + #13#10 +
                            'R: ' + IECP_RGB_R_Value + ', G: ' + IECP_RGB_G_Value + ', B: ' + IECP_RGB_B_Value + #13#10 +
                            'C: ' + IECP_CMYK_C_Value + ', M: ' + IECP_CMYK_M_Value + ', Y: ' + IECP_CMYK_Y_Value + ', K: ' + IECP_CMYK_K_Value + #13#10 +
                            'H: ' + IECP_HSL_H_Value + ', S: ' + IECP_HSL_S_Value + ', L: ' + IECP_HSL_L_Value + #13#10 +
                            'H: ' + IECP_HSV_H_Value + ', S: ' + IECP_HSV_S_Value + ', V: ' + IECP_HSV_V_Value;

// Display as a Delphi format color
colorColorPalette1.HintFormat := IECP_Delphi_Value;

// Disable custom hints
ColorPalette1.HintFormat := '';
ColorPalette1.Hint := 'Choose a color';

TIEColorPalette.HintFormat