🎨 Color Selector Web Component

A reusable Web Component for selecting colors, fully customizable and compatible with HTML forms.

🚀 Installation

You can install the component via npm:

npm install eit-color-selector

Or use it directly in your HTML via CDN:

<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/eit-color-selector@latest/eit-color-selector.js"></script>

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🛠️ Basic Usage

Import the component

import 'eit-color-selector/eit-color-selector.js';

Use in your HTML

Once imported, you can use the component in your HTML like this:

<eit-color-selector name="color"></eit-color-selector>

📌 Using Inside a Form

If used inside a form, it will submit the selected color:

<form action="submit.php" method="post">
    <label>Select a color:</label>
    <eit-color-selector name="color"></eit-color-selector>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

The selected color will be sent under the color field.

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🎨 Customization

You can customize both the available colors and the appearance of the component using attributes and CSS.

📌 Custom Color List

To define a custom set of colors, use the colors attribute, passing a JSON string:

<eit-color-selector name="favoriteColor" colors='[
    {"name": "Red", "value": "#ff0000"},
    {"name": "Green", "value": "#00ff00"},
    {"name": "Blue", "value": "#0000ff"},
    {"name": "Black", "value": "#000000"},
    {"name": "White", "value": "#ffffff"}
]'></eit-color-selector>

🎨 Custom Styling with CSS

The component exposes CSS variables so you can easily adjust its appearance:

eit-color-selector {
    --color-display-width: 30px;
    --color-display-height: 30px;
    --color-display-border: 3px dashed red;
}

Variable	Description	Default Value
--color-display-width	Width of the color preview box	20px
--color-display-height	Height of the color preview box	20px
--color-display-border	Border style of the preview box	2px solid #000