Access recently used colors in c#

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#1

Hey there,

I’m trying to access the list of recently used colors. They are visible in the color picker’s palette but where do I find these in Rhinocommon?

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

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#2

In-between sessions, these are stored in %appdata%\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\settings\settings-Scheme__Default.xml in "/settings/settings/child[@key='UI']/child[@key='Settings']/entry[@key='ColorPanelSwatches']"

I don’t think this is accessible from RhinoCommon, but I may be mistaken.

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#3

Thanks @menno! I can easily parse this file for the information I need!

#4

Great! Note that any changes made to the recently accessed colors during a Rhino session are not saved into that file until Rhino is shut down.

#5

My initial tests show otherwise. It seems that each time the color picker is used, this xml file is overwritten and reflects the most recent user choices.

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#6

Ok, perfect, I thought I had seen otherwise.

#7

@curtisw suggested this solution using Rhinocommon outside of this thread:

var recentlyUsedColors = PersistentSettings.FromPlugInId(RhinoApp.CurrentRhinoId)?.AddChild("UI")?.AddChild("Settings")?.GetStringList("ColorPanelSwatches", new string[0]);

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