ColorPanel componeny offers you a compact color palette panel. It is consists of 4 areas (from top to bottom):

The Color Test Spot, painted with currently selected color
Palette of Microsoft Office-like color cells
Color hexagon with Blackness control
Grayscale palette

Keyboard Control:
· Select next area: Ctrl + Right Arrow
· Select previous area: Ctrl + Left Arrow
· Select next color cell: Right Arrow
· Select previous color cell: Left Arrow
· Increase Blackness: Ctrl + Down Arrow
· Decrease Blackness: Ctrl + Up Arrow
· Finally select color: Ctrl + Enter


Mouse Control:
· Clicking cell will preview color in the Color Test Spot
· Double clicking any cell (or single clicking the Color Test Spot) will finally select color

Each color cell provides a popup hint with Color Name (when present), RGB value and Hex value. The Color Test Spot only displays a Hex color value.

MCColorPanel completely paint itself and has no child controls. This makes it possible to use with custom comboboxes as a drop-down control (especially with TdxPopupEdit by DevelopersExpress). Also, it can be merely dropped onto a Form.

Limitations:

· This component has to be installed into the Delphi Component Palette.