Suggestion: Color Structs and Data Types

[NaitorStudios]

Hey, I noticed that Data Inspector have RGB8 and RGB565 Color, I think it would be nice if we actually had color Data Types to use within Pattern Language as well. Alternatively I wish we could [[color(RRGGBB)]] a Struct, since I'm working with something that has palettes, the RGBColor struct has RGBA, sometimes BGRA (inverted alpha even), ideally would be nice to specify the color order and format (e.g. rgb, hex, decimal, etc). But coloring Structs right now would work well for me!
Ah, since structs may have more data inside, perhaps make it so colored structs are a priority in Hex editor and Pattern data, only showing item color if explicitly specified as well in this case.

[WerWolv]

Hey! We already have support for this kind of thing in the Pattern Language through inline visualizers. You can read more about them here: https://docs.werwolv.net/imhex/views/pattern-data#inline-visualizers

The same thing can also be used in the data inspector by defining a custom inspector row using a small pl script: https://docs.werwolv.net/imhex/views/data-inspector#adding-new-rows

[paxcut]

I guess you didnt see my response to your previous post on this issue. there are already color types and i posted a link there.

[paxcut]

color types: https://docs.werwolv.net/pattern-language/libraries/type/color.pat

[NaitorStudios]

Ok, both are interesting, but none let me edit the color values...
(well, visualize does, but no color dialog, works like a regular struct but with a preview)

type::RGBA8 had a nice value showing each color channel, which is good, it even sets the color of the section, but name can't be changed and value can't be edited.

hex::inline_visualize("color") is looks really nice, while letting me edit the separated values within this color struct, really good, but the data section from Hex editor can't be colored...
I guess from these two, second options is nicer, but I would like my palette to appear in the Hex editor, having the sections with color of the palette would look nice.

Thank you for both suggestions tho, but I still think a way to set the struct section color from Hex editor would be a nice addition.

[WerWolv]

You can use the [[color("RRGGBB")]] attribute to change the color of highlight in the Hex Editor. You can easily do that by just defining your own type for it, the pattern language is all about defining your own types :)

[NaitorStudios]

Well, it changes the color of all struct elements inside, while I would rather have them intact, I guess that's alright since with visualize I can see the color without opening the struct (when I've asked for this, the issue was that I couldn't see the color without opening the struct even if a set the struct color, because that would only affect items inside).
But okay, I'm satisfied, thank you so much for the quick replies, I really appreciate it!