Not able to change the color of the text

[paaljoachim]

I wanted to change the color of some of the text in an email I was to send.
I selected the text.
Clicked to change the Text Colour icon which is black.
Color dialog box with colors was seen.
Clicking inside the color dialog box it closed.
I tried various ways. Be it click inside the RGB numbers, inside the color area but it closed.
I was not able to change the black color of some of the text inside the email.

I assume I will need to fill in a bug report but wanted to hear if there is a logical explanation before doing so.

[edwardp]

@paaljoachim Need Vivaldi version and operating system used.

I have never had an issue changing the color of the text while composing an e-mail (using the Linux releases). Provide sample screenshots if you can (remove/redact any personal information).

Some common colors:

Color             R  G  B

Black (default):  17-17-17
Red:              255-0-0
Green:            0-128-0
Blue:             0-0-255
Purple:           100-0-100

[paaljoachim]

Hey @edwardp

Ahh yes. I forgot the needed information.
OSX version Ventura 13.6.7
6.8.3381.50 (Stable channel) (x86_64)

I added a short video showing the none working color icon:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8jhpjc8wgcwzhjq378hcc/Not-able-to-change-color-of-text-in-Vivaldi.mp4?rlkey=bijfamdkh7z2z7t04gdmnw57t&st=p026lbzn&dl=0

[edwardp]

@paaljoachim I would definitely submit a bug report and include the link to the video, so the developers can see what's occurring.

Also, post the bug report number in this thread (VB-xxxxxx).

Thank you for helping make Vivaldi better.

[yojimbo274064400]

@paaljoachim said in Not able to change the color of the text:

Hey @edwardp

Ahh yes. I forgot the needed information.
OSX version Ventura 13.6.7
6.8.3381.50 (Stable channel) (x86_64)

I added a short video showing the none working color icon:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8jhpjc8wgcwzhjq378hcc/Not-able-to-change-color-of-text-in-Vivaldi.mp4?rlkey=bijfamdkh7z2z7t04gdmnw57t&st=p026lbzn&dl=0

Does a similar issue occur when setting any of the highlighted options below:

[paaljoachim]

Hey @yojimbo274064400 and @edwardp

Both color icons are not working correctly.

--- EDIT ----

Here is a new video where I go through each of the toolbar icons.
https://youtu.be/2Pp1TGVSDHU

I had to add on to the video as I was just showing non selected text and trying to change the text color and the background color. That was not working, but when I selected some text then background color and text color it kinda worked, but the color dialog box closed too often without me meaning to do so.
While I was playing with colors I also missed having a reset button which would take the colors back to the default color.

Here is the bug report: issue reference VB-108708

[DoctorG]

@paaljoachim So, wait until a internal tester with a Mac checks it.

I can not reproduce it on Debian 12 + Windows 11.

[yojimbo274064400]

@paaljoachim, consider trying the following to workaround issue until it is resolved:

• select Text Colour
• use a combination of following key to navigate dialogue box:
  • arrow keys
  • Tab and Tab+Shift
  • Enter / Return key

[paaljoachim]

@yojimbo274064400

Ahh yes. Tabbing through the color dialog box works. I can use the left and right arrow key to move through the color bar. Clicking enter color is changed.

Thanks. Good to know.