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Customize ColorPicker in React ColorPicker component

02 Feb 2023 / 6 minutes to read

Custom palette

By default, the Palette will be rendered with default colors. To load custom colors in the palette, specify the colors in the presetColors property. To customize the color palette, add a custom class to palette tiles using BeforeTileRender event.

The following sample demonstrates the above functionalities.

Source

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index.jsx

index.html

styles.css

index.tsx

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    let presets = {
        'custom1': ['#ef9a9a', '#e57373', '#ef5350',
            '#f44336', '#f48fb1', '#f06292',
            '#ec407a', '#e91e63', '#ce93d8',
            '#ba68c8', '#ab47bc', '#9c27b0',
            '#b39ddb', '#9575cd', '#7e57c2', '#673AB7'],
        'custom2': ['#9FA8DA', '#7986CB', '#5C6BC0', '#3F51B5',
            '#90CAF9', '#64B5F6', '#42A5F5', '#2196F3',
            '#81D4FA', '#4FC3F7', '#29B6F6', '#03A9F4',
            '#80DEEA', '#4DD0E1', '#26C6DA', '#00BCD4'],
        'custom3': ['#80CBC4', '#4DB6AC', '#26A69A', '#009688',
            '#A5D6A7', '#81C784', '#66BB6A', '#4CAF50',
            '#C5E1A5', '#AED581', '#9CCC65', '#8BC34A', '#E6EE9C',
            '#DCE775', '#D4E157', '#CDDC39']
    };
    // Triggers before rendering each palette tile.
    function tileRender(args) {
        args.element.classList.add("e-icons");
        args.element.classList.add("e-custom-tile");
    }
    // riggers while selecting colors from palette.
    function change(args) {
        document.getElementById('preview').style.backgroundColor = args.currentValue.hex;
    }
    return (<div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <div id="preview"/>
            <h4>Select Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent id='element' mode='Palette' modeSwitcher={false} inline={true} showButtons={false} columns={4} presetColors={presets} beforeTileRender={tileRender} change={change}/>
        </div>
        </div>);
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 React ColorPicker</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="React ColorPicker Component" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'calibiri';
    font-size: 14px;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

h4 {
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans-serif';
    font-size: 14px;
}

/* Tile customization styles */
#element+.e-container {
    background-color: transparent;
    border-color: transparent;
    box-shadow: none;
}

#element+.e-container .e-palette .e-custom-tile {
    border: 0;
    color: #fff;
    height: 36px;
    font-size: 18px;
    width: 36px;
    line-height: 36px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    margin: 2px 5px;
}

#element+.e-container .e-custom-palette.e-palette-group {
    height: 182px;
}

/* Selected state icon */
#element+.e-container .e-palette .e-custom-tile.e-selected::before {
    content: '\e933';
}

#element+.e-container .e-palette .e-custom-tile.e-selected {
    outline: none;
}

.wrap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 300px;
    text-align: center;
}

#preview {
    background-color: #ba68c8;
    height: 50px;
    width: 100%;
}

import { ColorPickerComponent, ColorPickerEventArgs, PaletteTileEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
    let presets: { [key: string]: string[] } = {
        'custom1': ['#ef9a9a', '#e57373', '#ef5350',
                        '#f44336', '#f48fb1', '#f06292',
                        '#ec407a', '#e91e63', '#ce93d8',
                        '#ba68c8', '#ab47bc', '#9c27b0',
                        '#b39ddb', '#9575cd', '#7e57c2', '#673AB7'],
        'custom2': ['#9FA8DA', '#7986CB', '#5C6BC0', '#3F51B5',
                        '#90CAF9', '#64B5F6', '#42A5F5', '#2196F3',
                        '#81D4FA', '#4FC3F7', '#29B6F6', '#03A9F4',
                        '#80DEEA', '#4DD0E1', '#26C6DA', '#00BCD4'],
        'custom3': ['#80CBC4', '#4DB6AC', '#26A69A', '#009688',
                        '#A5D6A7', '#81C784', '#66BB6A', '#4CAF50',
                        '#C5E1A5', '#AED581', '#9CCC65', '#8BC34A', '#E6EE9C',
                        '#DCE775', '#D4E157', '#CDDC39']
    };

    // Triggers before rendering each palette tile.
    function tileRender(args: PaletteTileEventArgs): void {
        args.element.classList.add("e-icons");
        args.element.classList.add("e-custom-tile");
    }

    // riggers while selecting colors from palette.
    function change(args: ColorPickerEventArgs): void {
        (document.getElementById('preview') as HTMLElement).style.backgroundColor = args.currentValue.hex;
    }

    return (
        <div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <div id="preview"/>
            <h4>Select Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent id='element' mode='Palette' modeSwitcher={false} inline={true} showButtons={false} columns={4} presetColors={presets} beforeTileRender={tileRender} change ={change}/>
        </div>
        </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Hide input area from picker

By default, the input area will be rendered in ColorPicker. To hide the input area from it, add e-hide-value class to ColorPicker using the cssClass property.

In the following sample, the ColorPicker is rendered without input area.

Source

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index.jsx

index.html

styles.css

index.tsx

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
// To hide the input area
function App() {
    return (<div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent cssClass="e-hide-value" modeSwitcher={false}/>
        </div>
        </div>);
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 React ColorPicker</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="React ColorPicker Component" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'calibiri';
    font-size: 14px;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

#element+.e-container {
  background-color: transparent;
  border-color: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.wrap {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 300px;
  text-align: center;
}

h4 {
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans-serif';
    font-size: 14px;
}

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

// To hide the input area
function App() {
    return (
        <div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent cssClass="e-hide-value" modeSwitcher={false} />
        </div>
        </div>
    );
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Custom handle

Color picker handle shape and UI can be customized. Here, we have customized the handle as svg icon. The same way you can customize the handle based on your requirement.

The following sample show the customized color picker handle.

Source

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index.jsx

index.html

styles.css

index.tsx

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    return (<div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent id='colorpicker' value='#344aae' cssClass='e-custom-picker' modeSwitcher={false}/>
        </div>
        </div>);
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 React ColorPicker</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="React ColorPicker Component" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'calibiri';
    font-size: 14px;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

.wrap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 300px;
    text-align: center;
}

/* To hide the handle balloon preview */
.e-color-picker-tooltip.e-popup.e-popup-open {
    display: none;
}

/* Handle customization styles */
.e-custom-picker .e-container .e-hsv-container .e-handler {
    background: transparent url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,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');
    font-size: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    line-height: 16px;
    margin-left: -8px;
    margin-top: -8px;
    border: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    width: 16px;
  }

h4 {
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans-serif';
    font-size: 14px;
}

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
    return (
        <div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent id='colorpicker' value='#344aae' cssClass='e-custom-picker' modeSwitcher={false}/>
        </div>
        </div>
    );
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Custom primary button

By default, the applied color will be updated in primary button of the color picker. You can customize that as icon.

In the following sample, the picker icon is added to primary button and using change event the selected color will be updated in bottom portion of the icon.

Source

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index.jsx

index.html

styles.css

index.tsx

import { addClass } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    let previewIcon;
    let cp;
    let onCreated = onCreated.bind(this);
    let onChange = onChange.bind(this);
    function onChange(args) {
        previewIcon.style.borderBottomColor = args.currentValue.rgba;
    }
    function onCreated() {
        const elem = cp.element.nextElementSibling;
        previewIcon = elem.querySelector('.e-selected-color');
        addClass([previewIcon], 'e-icons');
    }
    return (<div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent ref={(scope) => cp = scope} id='colorpicker' created={onCreated} change={onChange}/>
        </div>
        </div>);
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 React ColorPicker</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="React ColorPicker Component" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'calibiri';
    font-size: 14px;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

.wrap {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 300px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Icon customization */
.e-colorpicker-wrapper #colorpicker+.e-split-btn-wrapper .e-split-btn .e-selected-color {
  background: none;
  border-bottom-style: solid;
  border-bottom-width: 3px;
  width: 14px;
  margin: 0px 2px;
  border-bottom-color: #008000;
}
.e-colorpicker-wrapper #colorpicker+.e-split-btn-wrapper .e-split-btn .e-selected-color .e-split-preview {
  display: none;
}

.e-colorpicker-wrapper #colorpicker+.e-split-btn-wrapper .e-split-btn .e-selected-color::before {
  content: '\e35c';
}

h4 {
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans-serif';
    font-size: 14px;
}

import { addClass } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ColorPickerComponent, ColorPickerEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    let previewIcon: HTMLElement;
    let cp: ColorPickerComponent;
    let onCreated: any = onCreated.bind(this);
    let onChange: any = onChange.bind(this);
    function onChange (args: ColorPickerEventArgs): void {
        previewIcon.style.borderBottomColor = args.currentValue.rgba;
    }

    function onCreated() {
        const elem = cp.element.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement;
        previewIcon = elem.querySelector('.e-selected-color') as HTMLElement;
        addClass([previewIcon], 'e-icons');
    }
    return (
        <div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent ref= { (scope) => cp = scope as ColorPickerComponent } id='colorpicker' created={onCreated} change={onChange}/>
        </div>
        </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

The Essential JS 2 provides a set of icons that can be loaded by applying e-icons class name to the element. You can also use third party icon to customize the primary button.

Display hex code in input

The color picker input element can be showcased in the place of primary button. The applied color hex code will be updated in the primary button input.

The following sample shows the color picker with input.

Source

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index.jsx

index.html

styles.css

index.tsx

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    let colorPicker;
    let onCreated = onCreated.bind(this);
    function onCreated() {
        const cpElem = colorPicker.element.nextElementSibling;
        cpElem.insertBefore(colorPicker.element, cpElem.children[1]);
    }
    return (<div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent ref={(scope) => colorPicker = scope} id='colorpicker' type='text' created={onCreated} className='e-input'/>
        </div>
        </div>);
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 React ColorPicker</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="React ColorPicker Component" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'calibiri';
    font-size: 14px;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}

.wrap {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 300px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Input element customization */
.e-colorpicker-wrapper .e-split-btn-wrapper #colorpicker.e-input {
  height: 16px;
  margin: 0;
  opacity: 1;
  position: initial;
  width: 75px;
}

/* To hide primary button */
.e-colorpicker-wrapper .e-split-btn-wrapper .e-split-btn {
  display: none;
}

/* Secondary button customization */
.e-colorpicker-wrapper .e-split-btn-wrapper .e-btn.e-dropdown-btn {
  background: transparent;
  border-color: transparent;
  border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}

.e-colorpicker-wrapper .e-split-btn-wrapper .e-input:focus+.e-btn.e-dropdown-btn {
  padding-bottom: 3px;
  border-bottom-width: 2px;
  border-bottom-color: #e3165b;
}

.e-colorpicker-wrapper .e-split-btn-wrapper .e-btn.e-dropdown-btn .e-caret {
  transform: rotate(0deg);
  transition: transform 200ms ease-in-out;
}

.e-colorpicker-wrapper .e-split-btn-wrapper .e-btn.e-dropdown-btn.e-active .e-caret {
  transform: rotate(180deg);
}

h4 {
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', 'sans-serif';
    font-size: 14px;
}

import { ColorPickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
    let colorPicker: ColorPickerComponent;
    let onCreated: any = onCreated.bind(this);
    function onCreated(): void {
        const cpElem = colorPicker.element.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement;
        cpElem.insertBefore(colorPicker.element, cpElem.children[1]);
    }

    return (
        <div id='container'>
        <div className='wrap'>
            <h4>Choose Color</h4>
            <ColorPickerComponent ref={(scope) => colorPicker = scope as ColorPickerComponent} id='colorpicker' type='text' created={onCreated} className='e-input'/>
        </div>
        </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Contents

Custom palette
Hide input area from picker
Custom handle
Custom primary button
Display hex code in input
Custom UI

Contents

Custom palette
Hide input area from picker
Custom handle
Custom primary button
Display hex code in input
Custom UI