pika

This release adds simplified and traditional Chinese tranlations thanks to @Ssssv11. Thanks so much!

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• simplified and traditional Chinese tranlations

Version 0.0.17! Happy days!

This release increases the number of keyboard shortcuts (and updates swap color to x to more closely match other design software), and adds the pika:// URL scheme so you can write more complex scripts to pick, format, and copy colors. You can learn more about it here (and thanks @Hydro8). It also adds a setting to have Pika show at launch (thanks @franciscolourenco).

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds new keyboard shortcuts
• adds the pika:// URL scheme so you can write more complex scripts to interact with Pika
• adds a setting to show Pika at launch
• minor visual updates to settings

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue with window rendering and maintaining state

Minor update to the URL schemes in this update. You can now append the format you'd like to the pika:// URL scheme when picking and copying. You can learn more about it here (thanks @Hydro8).

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds more URL schemes for triggering

Somehow we are nearly three months through 2024. That's not relevant to anything, just, whoa.

This release increases the number of keyboard shortcuts (and updates swap color to x to more closely match other design software), and adds the pika:// URL scheme so you can write more complex scripts to pick, format, and copy colors. You can learn more about it here (and thanks @Hydro8). It also adds a setting to have Pika show at launch (thanks @franciscolourenco).

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds more keyboard shortcuts
• adds URL schemes for triggering
• adds a setting to show Pika at launch
• minor tweaks to settings and about

Bug Fixes

• fixes a bunch of minor inconsistencies and weirdness, mostly around displaying keyboard shortcuts and focus states

It's been a minute! This release adds Spanish language support (thanks x 1,000,000, @axiel7). It also fixes a reeeeeal annoying bug that a number of people have reported, where the Pika icon in the menu bar would appear in places it most definitely 100% should not appear. Thanks for looking after it, @bikrrr!

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds Spanish language support
• moves to "Settings", instead of "Preferences", as per macOS Sonoma

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue where the Pika icon would wander out of the menu bar

(It's Spanish for catching bugs.)

This beta fixes a reeeeeal annoying bug that a lot of people have reported, where the Pika icon in the menu bar would appear in places it most definitely 100% should not. Thanks for looking after it, @bikrrr!

It also adds Spanish language support. Thanks x 1,000,000, @axiel7!

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds Spanish language support
• moves to "Settings", instead of "Preferences", as per macOS Sonoma

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue where the Pika icon would wander out of the menu bar

This release fixes a pretty glaring bug that's been there for a while—auto-updates don't auto-initialise until you manually update the first time. So that's not ideal. It also sorts out a small bug on a link to the Pika website, and adds a link to give feedback or report bugs via GitHub Issues.

Also, as a result of the changes to the way Pika handles updates, it needs to be downloaded ✨fresh✨, so you might find the download size is a little bigger than normal. My humble apologies, and we should be back to standard functioning updates from here on out. Phew.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a link to give feedback in the navigation and menubar

Bug Fixes

• fixes broken auto-updater for first installs
• fixes broken link

This beta fixes a pretty glaring bug that's been there for a while—auto-updates don't auto-initialise until you manually update the first time. So that's not ideal. Phew, let's just pretend this never happened, hey?

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Bug Fixes

• fixes broken auto-updater for first installs

This beta fixes a small bug on a link to the Pika website, and adds a link to give feedback or report bugs via GitHub Issues. It's a preeeeeeetty simple one.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a link to give feedback in the navigation and menubar

Bug Fixes

• fixes broken link

Say hello to Pika-but-not-as-a-menubar-app. In Preferences you can now choose to run Pika as a regular app, meaning it behaves like a regular app—that includes shortcuts, a macOS menubar, standard window management, etc.

It also adds German translation (massive thanks to @david-swift for submitting it) and fixes issues with launching at login on macOS 13 Ventura.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds the option to run Pika as a non-menubar app
• adds German translation

Bug Fixes

• fix for launch at login issue on newer versions of macOS

This beta explores the Pika-but-not-as-a-menubar-app. That's right, in Preferences you can now choose to run Pika as a regular app, meaning it behaves like a regular app. That includes shortcuts, a macOS menubar, standard window management, etc.

It also adds German translation. Massive thanks to @david-swift for submitting it.

As always, cheers for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds the option to run Pika as a non-menubar app
• adds German translation

Change is as good as a holiday, so this release introduces the most signicant change to the core functionality in a while—a new default layout for the WCAG compliance information, and the introduction of an appearance option to toggle back to the old view if that's preferable.

Need to export colors without any formatting? Well, now you can, with the newly simplified and consoliated preferences pane. Display and export colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style. Works with text and JSON exports, too, so everyone wins!

The preferences panel has grown over time, and this update ensures it will continue to display (and be scrollable) should the display available be smaller than its height.

And finally, incredibly, Pika hasn't had undo / redo, which is silly, because it should. So this update adds it. Thanks to @sj26 for the suggestion.

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• introduces a new default WCAG compliance layout
• adds an appearance preference section to manage the default WCAG compliance layout (so you can roll it back if you'd prefer)
• adds a preference for copying / displaying colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style
• introduces a scrollable preferences panel for smaller displays
• cleans up the preferences view, consolidating menu items
• updates color names
• adds a preview colour to the preferences panel when showing the export options
• adds undo / redo (with ⌘ + z and ⌘ + shift + z respectively)

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue when displaying French in the preferences panel
• fixes an issue with long text being truncated unnecessarily

Incredibly, Pika doesn't have undo / redo, which is silly, because it should. So this update adds it. Thanks to @sj26 for the suggestion.

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds undo / redo (with ⌘ + z and ⌘ + shift + z respectively)

The preferences panel has grown over time, and this update ensures it will continue to display (and be scrollable) should the display available be smaller than its height. (Also, it sneaks in a couple of spacing fixes.)

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• introduces a scrollable preferences panel for smaller displays

Bug Fixes

• fixes some slightly not-quite-right spacing on the preferences panel

This beta introduces the most signicant change to the core functionality in a while—a new default layout for the WCAG compliance information, and the introduction of an appearance option to toggle back to the old view if that's preferable.

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• introduces a new default WCAG compliance layout
• adds an appearance preference section to manage the default WCAG compliance layout (so you can roll it back if you'd prefer)

Phew, bugs squashed! Features added! As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a preview colour to the preferences panel when showing the export options

Bug Fixes

• fixes an issue when displaying French in the preferences panel
• fixes an issue with long text being truncated unnecessarily

Need to export colors without any formatting? Well, now you can, with the newly simplified and consoliated preferences pane. Display and export colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style. Works with text and JSON exports, too, so everyone wins!

As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a preference for copying / displaying colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style
• cleans up the preferences view, consolidating menu items
• updates color names

This release adds a much requested feature with automatic copy on pick. This, coupled with the global shortcut, means you can now use the app without ever needing to see it at all. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

This release adds a much requested feature with automatic copy on pick—that means you can now use Pika without ever needing to actually see the app. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.

Updates

• adds a toggle to copy the color on pick

Thanks to you, the community, this is a big update that's packed with big features, including the first internationalisation effort—French language support. Très bien! If you'd like to get involved with Pika, or if you have any issues or feedback, head over to GitHub.

Updates

• adds French language support
• adds the color space of your main display to the preferences, and uses it as the default option (if you haven't chosen another)
• adds toggleable color names (thanks to color-names)
• adds the ability to export data as text, and in JSON format
• adds a toggle to suppress the format of the color on copy (so no more pesky #)