First post :D, Well im new to java, here is my first ever project!

[goffy]

Hey so i am taking IT at college for 2 years, and we do 4 hours of programming each week, so i created a simple, yet effective program, it's a colour picker that gives you a hex value.
I think i have done well in terms of GUI ease of use, and layout.
Let me know how i can improve and feedback, thanks :D

colourpick.jar

Thanks guys, and i look forward to spending alot of times on these forums as i wish to learn alot! :)

[Sno]

Haven't had a chance to play with it since I am at work, but i am in college also, noticed you were in Cambridge, I'm assuming Mass? Im up in NH

[goffy]

Oh right, well there is no rush :)
Na im only 16, but am hoping to go to Cambridge university in a few years time.
I currently go to a college about half an hour from Cambridge, but actually live in Cambridge.
Sorry but were is NH?

[Sno]

oh gotcha, your from England, I'm From US, There is a Cambridge College about an hour away from me in another state.

[goffy]

oh gotcha, your from England, I'm From US, There is a Cambridge College about an hour away from me in another state.

Oh i see, sorry for the confusion!
Im sure you must have heard of Cambridge university over here in England though?

[gcalvin]

Hey so i am taking IT at college for 2 years, and we do 4 hours of programming each week, so i created a simple, yet effective program, it's a colour picker that gives you a hex value.
I think i have done well in terms of GUI ease of use, and layout.
Let me know how i can improve and feedback, thanks :D

colourpick.jar

Thanks guys, and i look forward to spending alot of times on these forums as i wish to learn alot! :)

It's nicely laid out, and the sliders work well. A couple of things to think about:

It's a bit surprising that a button labeled "Red" sets the red value to 0 and leaves the other values where they are. Same goes for the Green and Blue buttons, of course.

It would be nice if there were a way to copy the hex value displayed at the bottom to the clipboard, so it could be pasted into other programs.

All in all, a nice job. If you'd like to post the source code here, we can comment on style and implementation details.

-Gary-

[goffy]

It's nicely laid out, and the sliders work well. A couple of things to think about:

It's a bit surprising that a button labeled "Red" sets the red value to 0 and leaves the other values where they are. Same goes for the Green and Blue buttons, of course.

It would be nice if there were a way to copy the hex value displayed at the bottom to the clipboard, so it could be pasted into other programs.

All in all, a nice job. If you'd like to post the source code here, we can comment on style and implementation details.

-Gary-

Hi Gary, thanks alot for your reply, it means alot that people are active :)
I kind of set them to reset their individual slider's, however i think i might add a "reset all" button too.

Good idea about copying the hex value to clipboard, definately something i will think about!

I sure can post the source, but is there an easier way, than to just copy it all here?
Thanks!

[Sno]

Clever little program! I'm curious as of the code. Never done anything with colors really, my experience is more with systems and databases.

[goffy]

Clever little program! I'm curious as of the code. Never done anything with colors really, my experience is more with systems and databases.

I will post my source code, but is there an easier way, isn't there a site called snippit.com or something that i can use to send a link?
Cheers