Back ArrowExplore all kits

How to Customize ColorPicker in React Color Picker Component

share link

by Abdul Rawoof A R dot icon Updated: Apr 3, 2023

technology logo
technology logo

Solution Kit Solution Kit  

A color picker is another application of react that enables the users to pick colors from a palette or a color wheel. In online applications, color pickers are frequently used for tasks like choosing a text color, a background color, or a color for a graphical element. React color picker components are provided by several libraries, including react-color and react-color-picker. 

  • react-color-picker: This library provides components that enable the users to include a color- choosing interface in their application. 
  • react-color: A wide range of color picker components, including SketchPicker, ChromePicker, and HuePicker, are included in this library. 


react-color is a more comprehensive library that includes a variety of color picker components with different styles unlike react-color-picker, which is a much simpler library, including a single-color picker component, and customization options are provided by props. There are several more props available for modifying the default color, the format of the selected color, and the layout of the color picker, among other aspects of the ColorPicker component's look and performance. 


For more information about customizing color picker in React, refer to the code given below 

Fig : Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

In this solution we're using React and Styled-components library.

customise color picker with out any package in react

JavaScriptdotLines of Code : 64dotLicense : Strong Copyleft (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dependent Libraries : 
import React, { useState } from "react";
import styled from "styled-components";
import "./styles.css";

const Container = styled.span`
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  width: 150px;
  max-width: 150px;
  padding: 4px 12px;
  border: 1px solid #bfc9d9;
  border-radius: 4px;

  input[type="color"] {
    margin-right: 8px;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    border: none;
    width: auto;
    height: auto;
    cursor: pointer;
    background: none;
    &::-webkit-color-swatch-wrapper {
      padding: 0;
      width: 30px;
      height: 30px;
    }
    &::-webkit-color-swatch {
      border: 1px solid #bfc9d9;
      border-radius: 50px;
      padding: 0;
    }
  }

  input[type="text"] {
    border: none;
    width: 100%;
    font-size: 14px;
  }
`;

const ColorPicker = props => {
  return (
    <Container>
      <input type="color" {...props} />
      <input type="text" {...props} />
    </Container>
  );
};

export default function App() {
  const [state, updateState] = useState("#FFFFFF");

  const handleInput = e => {
    updateState(e.target.value);
  };

  return (
    <div className="App">
      <ColorPicker onChange={handleInput} value={state} />
    </div>
  );
}

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

  1. Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
  2. Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
  3. cd foldername.
  4. Install npm i styled-components.
  5. Open the folder in IDE.
  6. Copy the code using "copy" button above and paste it in app.js file(remove the earlier code from app.js) and refer demo for styles.css file.
  7. Open the terminal from IDE.
  8. npm start to run the file.


You can also refer this url 'DEMO' for getting the above output.

I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.


I found this code snippet by searching for 'create color picker in react' in kandi. You can try any such use case!

Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

  1. The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
  2. The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
  3. React version-18.2.0.
  4. Styled-components version-6.0.0.


Using this solution, we are able to customize color picker in React with simple steps. This process also facilities an easy way to use, hassle-free method to create a hands-on working version of code which would help us to customize color picker in React.

Dependent Library

reactby facebook

JavaScript doticonstar image 209050 doticonVersion:v18.2.0doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

The library for web and native user interfaces

Support
    Quality
      Security
        License
          Reuse

            reactby facebook

            JavaScript doticon star image 209050 doticonVersion:v18.2.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            The library for web and native user interfaces
            Support
              Quality
                Security
                  License
                    Reuse

                      styled-componentsby styled-components

                      TypeScript doticonstar image 39106 doticonVersion:v6.0.0-rc.3doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      Visual primitives for the component age. Use the best bits of ES6 and CSS to style your apps without stress 💅

                      Support
                        Quality
                          Security
                            License
                              Reuse

                                styled-componentsby styled-components

                                TypeScript doticon star image 39106 doticonVersion:v6.0.0-rc.3doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                Visual primitives for the component age. Use the best bits of ES6 and CSS to style your apps without stress 💅
                                Support
                                  Quality
                                    Security
                                      License
                                        Reuse

                                          You can also search for any dependent libraries on kandi like 'react' and 'styled-components'.

                                          Support

                                          1. For any support on kandi solution kits, please use the chat
                                          2. For further learning resources, visit the Open Weaver Community learning page.


                                          See similar Kits and Libraries

                                          Open Weaver – Develop Applications Faster with Open Source

                                          kandi

                                          Community and Support

                                          Company

                                          Follow

                                          • © 2023 Open Weaver Inc.