In Apple Color Picker, need to sort custom list

I just created a custom color list in Apple's Color Picker which is not sorted and I want it to be.
FYI: the Apple Color Picker opens in many applications for choosing what color something should be. For example, in TextEdit use menu Format > Font > Show Colors.
On the Color Picker, the 3rd tab by default has pre-defined lists of colors, including "Apple", "Developer", and "Web Safe Colors". I created a custom color list, which is out of order alphabetically (or any other way). I would like to sort that list alphabetically (or by color, I guess) without deleting and recreating every color. Can this be done?

Hi, whytwolf.
I thought your question was interesting, so I spent some time experimenting.
The Colors Palette doesn't permit re-ordering the items in the list, such as by dragging or Command-dragging them.
Unfortunately, the color list one creates using the Colors Palette — e.g. the file colorlistname.clr in your Home > Library > Colors directory — is an NSDictionary object. It's saved in binary format and it appears virtually impossible to edit reliably with a text editor. These objects are usually created and read using Cocoa programming. I know of no editor specifically designed to permit one to change these objects directly, and a variety of Web searches for such an editor failed to find a tool.
It appears there was once a utility called Color List Editor that seemed tailor-made for your purpose, but it appears to have vanished without a trace. While the VersionTracker listing remains, all of the links to the download are broken. I was able to track down the author's Web site but the download isn't available there. I've e-mailed him in case it's still available, though it may not work with Tiger given its age. If I hear back anything from the author, I'll let you know.
What I recommend you do is recreate the list, first focusing on the order of items by name you want to include in such. Then, once that's sorted, assign the swatches. You should probably do a trial run on paper or using a spreadsheet to get the names and sequence correct before you undertake the actual list-creation process again using the Color Palette. Then work carefully, since correcting errors in mid-list means deleting the error and all entries thereafter. Most tedious!
It might also be worthwhile to submit a Mac OS X Feedback, suggesting Apple enhance the Color Palette so that one can reorder colors by dragging them in the list, at least for color lists the user has created, i.e. those on which the user has Access permissions of Read & Write.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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CGPoint newPos = CGPointMake(position.x,kBrightBarYCenter);
[self animateView:brightnessBar toPosition: newPos];
[self updateBrightnessWithMovement:position];
else
// printf("X Of the touch in grad view is : %f
",position.x);
// printf("Y Of the touch in grad view is : %f
",position.y);
// Handles the start of a touch
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for (UITouch *touch in touches) {
[self dispatchTouchEvent:[touch locationInView:self]];
// printf("X IS %f
",[touch locationInView:self].x);
// printf("Y IS %f
",[touch locationInView:self].y);
// Handles the continuation of a touch.
- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
for (UITouch *touch in touches){
[self dispatchTouchEvent:[touch locationInView:self]];
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
// --> corrected calculation of crosshairs.center
CGFloat x = currentHue * matrixView.frame.size.width;
CGFloat y = (1 - currentSaturation) * matrixView.frame.size.height;
CGPoint ptInMatrix = CGPointMake(x, y);
crossHairs.center = [matrixView convertPoint:ptInMatrix toView:self];
// --> corrected calculation of brightnessBar.center
x = (1 - currentBrightness) * gradientView.frame.size.width;
y = gradientView.frame.size.height/2 - 3;
CGPoint ptInGradient = CGPointMake(x, y);
brightnessBar.center = [gradientView convertPoint:ptInGradient toView:self];
// NSLog(@"%s: gradientView.frame=%@", _func_, NSStringFromCGRect(gradientView.frame));
// NSLog(@" brightnessBar.center=%@", NSStringFromCGPoint(brightnessBar.center));
UIColor *forGradient = [UIColor colorWithHue:currentHue // added
saturation:currentSaturation
brightness: kInitialBrightness
alpha:1.0];
[gradientView setTheColor:forGradient.CGColor]; // added
[gradientView setupGradient];
[gradientView setNeedsDisplay];
[colorInHex setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"helvetica" size:16]];
[self sendSubviewToBack:showColor];
- (UIColor *) getColorShown {
// NSLog(@"Are we here ? ");
return [UIColor colorWithHue:currentHue saturation:currentSaturation
brightness:currentBrightness alpha:1.0];
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[currentColor release]; // <-- added
[gradientView release]; // <-- added
[matrixView release]; // <-- added
[super dealloc];
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Disclaimer: While the above is working, tested code, the files are not meant to be examples of good practice. The objective was to hose out most of the functional bugs while changing the old files as little as possible. This is usually the best first step in cleaning up a project, since it allows the original programmers to see the changes in the context of the existing structure. Those changes can be much more difficult to see after a complete overhaul. Improving the structure will also change the nib files, and describing those changes in the forum can be tedious.
Thus I perpetuated the structural weaknesses instead of moving most of the ivars, along with the code that administers them, into the ColorPickerViewController class. A number of useless but harmless artifacts were also left in the files.
Most of my tests were only for functionality on the simulator. Though I tried to take care of memory management in the code I added or changed, there's lots of memory management clean up to do. I did some brief tests on a first gen iPod Touch with iOS 3.12, and at first glance I was surprised how well things seemed to be working. I was even able to position the crosshairs in a couple corners after a few tries (e.g. at full brightness, the upper-right corner should be HSL: 255, 255, 255; RGB: 255, 0, 0). All four of these extrema are reachable on the simulator, and if you have steady hands and/or small fingers, they're probably all reachable on an iPhone as well.
Enjoy!
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