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The ColorInput widget is an advanced ColorPicker input styled for Bootstrap. It uses a combination of the HTML5 color input and/or the JQuery Spectrum Plugin for rendering the color picker. You can use the Native HTML5 color input by setting the useNative option to true. Else, the Spectrum plugin polyfills for unsupported browser versions. The widget enhances the plugin and color input with various features including the following:

  • Specially styled for Bootstrap library with customizable caption showing the output of the control.
  • Ability to prepend and append addons.
  • Allow the input to be changed both via the control or the text box.
  • The Spectrum plugin automatically polyfills the HTML5 color input for unsupported browser versions.

Important

This widget can be also installed in isolation outside this bundle if needed. In addition to using via \kartik\widgets namespace, this widget can be also installed from the yii2-widget-colorinput repository and can also be accessed via \kartik\color\ColorInput namespace.

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ColorInput supports configuration of the bootstrap library version so that you can use this either with any Bootstrap version 3.x and above. For setting up the bootstrap version for your extension, you can configure the ColorInput::bsVersion property to one of the following.

  • To use with bootstrap 3 library - you can set ColorInput::bsVersion property to any string starting with 3 (e.g. 3 or 3.3.7 or 3.x)

  • To use with bootstrap 4 library - you can set ColorInput::bsVersion property to any string starting with 4 (e.g. 4 or 4.6.0 or 4.x)

  • To use with bootstrap 5 library - you can set ColorInput::bsVersion property to any string starting with 5 (e.g. 5 or 5.1.0 or 5.x)

The following sections describe the pre-requisites for enabling Bootstrap library specific version support in your application and other related controls/overrides.

Global Bootstrap Version


Generally, you may also want to set a default version globally for all Krajee Extensions (instead of setting it for each widget or extension separately). In order to do this, you can setup the bsVersion property within Yii 2 application params (i.e. Yii::$app->params['bsVersion']). To set this up, add this section of code to your application params configuration file (e.g. config/params.php):

'params' => [
    'bsVersion' => '5.x', // this will set globally `bsVersion` to Bootstrap 5.x for all Krajee Extensions
    // other settings
    // 'adminEmail' => 'admin@example.com'
]

If ColorInput::bsVersion property is set, in addition to Yii::$app->params['bsVersion'], the extension level setting (ColorInput::bsVersion property) will override the Yii::$app->params['bsVersion']. If ColorInput::bsVersion property is not set, and Yii::$app->params['bsVersion'] is also not set, ColorInput::bsVersion property will default to 3.x (i.e. Bootstrap 3.x version will be assumed as default).

Yii2 Bootstrap Dependency


You need to install one of yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap or yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap4 or yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap5 extensions manually in your application to enable Bootstrap 3.x or 4.x or 5.x functionality respectively. This dependency has not been pre-built into the composer configuration for Krajee extensions, to allow better control to the developers in configuring their bootstrap library version. If bsVersion is set to 5.x and yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap5 is not installed, then an exception message will be thrown mentioning you to install the yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap5 extension. If bsVersion is set to 4.x and yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap4 is not installed, then an exception message will be thrown mentioning you to install the yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap4 extension. Similarly, if bsVersion is set to 3.x and yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap is not installed, an exception message will be thrown mentioning you to install the yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap extension.

To install yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap5, add the repo to the require section of your application's composer.json.

"yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap5": "@dev"

To install yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap4, add the repo to the require section of your application's composer.json.

"yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap4": "@dev"

To install yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap, add the repo to the require section of your application's composer.json.

"yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap": "@dev"

Override Bootstrap CSS/JS


The Krajee extension asset bundle(s) by default depend on one of the following asset bundles to load the Bootstrap CSS and JS:

  • yii\bootstrap\BootstrapAsset and/or yii\bootstrap\BootstrapPluginAsset for bootstrap 3.x (bsVersion = 3 setting)

  • yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapAsset and/or yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapPluginAsset for bootstrap 4.x ( bsVersion = 4 setting)

  • yii\bootstrap5\BootstrapAsset and/or yii\bootstrap5\BootstrapPluginAsset for bootstrap 5.x (bsVersion = 5 setting)

This is controlled by the property bsDependencyEnabled within the asset bundle (which defaults to true). One can override this and prevent the default yii2 bootstrap assets (CSS & JS) from loading by doing one or all of the following:

  • Global Override: Set Yii::$app->params['bsDependencyEnabled'] to false in your Yii 2 application config params.php. This setting will be applied for all Krajee Extension Asset Bundles that depend on Bootstrap assets.

    'params' => [
        'bsDependencyEnabled' => false, // this will not load Bootstrap CSS and JS for all Krajee extensions
        // you need to ensure you load the Bootstrap CSS/JS manually in your view layout before Krajee CSS/JS assets
        //
        // other params settings below
        // 'bsVersion' => '5.x',
        // 'adminEmail' => 'admin@example.com'
    ]
    
  • Asset Bundle Specific Override: Set bsDependencyEnabled to false for the specific asset bundle within Yii2 Asset Manager component in your Yii 2 application config file.

    // ...
    'components' => [
        'assetManager' => [
            'bundles' => [
                'kartik\form\ActiveFormAsset' => [
                    'bsDependencyEnabled' => false // do not load bootstrap assets for a specific asset bundle
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
    

Note

When setting bsDependencyEnabled to false, you need to ensure that your app code/view layout loads the Bootstrap CSS and JS on your view before the Krajee CSS/JS are loaded to ensure that the Krajee extension JS plugins and CSS styles do not get broken.

Icons for Bootstrap


Bootstrap 5.x / 4.x does not include glyphicons or any other icons framework bundled with the library. Krajee extensions therefore will use Font Awesome 5.x icons instead of glyphicons when working with Bootstrap 5.x / 4.x. You can download Font Awesome 5.x icons from the icons website. Alternatively, you can load the free version of Font Awesome from their CDN.

For Krajee extensions and demos, the Font Awesome Free version is used and loaded as the Icons Display Package on all the Yii2 demo layouts. To include font awesome assets on your page, include the following markup on the HEAD section of your view layout file, when bsVersion is set to 4.x or 5.x.

  • Option 1: Font CSS version of Font Awesome:

    <!-- on your view layout file HEAD section -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.3.1/css/all.css">
    
  • Option 2: SVG / JS version of Font Awesome (recommended for cleaner scaling vector icons and features like icon layers):

    <!-- on your view layout file HEAD section -->
    <script defer src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.3.1/js/all.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    

    Alternatively, you can use the FontAwesomeAsset from the kartik-v/yii2-icons package to load the SVG/JS version.

    // on your view layout file
    use kartik\icons\FontAwesomeAsset;
    FontAwesomeAsset::register($this);
    

The yii2-widget-colorinput extension can be installed automatically or manually using one of these options:

Composer Package Manager Recommended


Installation via Composer is the recommended and most easy option to install Krajee Yii2 extensions. You can install yii2-widget-colorinput via composer package manager. Either run:

$ php composer.phar require kartik-v/yii2-widget-colorinput "dev-master"

or add:

"kartik-v/yii2-widget-colorinput": "dev-master"

to your application's composer.json file.

Manual Install


You may also manually install the extension to your project (in case your composer install does not work). Just download the source ZIP or TAR ball and extract the extension asset files and folders into your project. You may need to install dependencies manually and also set the namespaces to the extensions in your Yii2 extensions configurations manually.

The widget supports all parameters that one would pass for any Yii Input Widget. The additional parameter settings specially available for the ColorInput widget configuration are:
  • bsVersion: string | int, the bootstrap library version to be used for the extension. Refer the Bootstrap Info section for details and pre-requisites on setting this property.

    • To use with Bootstrap library - you can set this to any string starting with 3 (e.g. 3 or 3.3.7 or 4.x / 3.x)

    • To use with bootstrap 4 - you can set this to any string starting with 4 (e.g. 4 or 4.6.0 or 4.x)

    • To use with bootstrap 5 - you can set this to any string starting with 4 (e.g. 5 or 5.1.0 or 5.x)

  • bsColCssPrefixes: array, the bootstrap grid column css prefixes mapping, the key is the bootstrap versions, and the value is an array containing the sizes and their corresponding grid column css prefixes. The class using this trait, must implement kartik\base\BootstrapInterface. If not set will default to:.

    [
       3 => [
          self::SIZE_X_SMALL => 'col-xs-',
          self::SIZE_SMALL => 'col-sm-',
          self::SIZE_MEDIUM => 'col-md-',
          self::SIZE_LARGE => 'col-lg-',
          self::SIZE_X_LARGE => 'col-lg-',
          self::SIZE_XX_LARGE => 'col-lg-',
       ],
       4 => [
          self::SIZE_X_SMALL => 'col-',
          self::SIZE_SMALL => 'col-sm-',
          self::SIZE_MEDIUM => 'col-md-',
          self::SIZE_LARGE => 'col-lg-',
          self::SIZE_X_LARGE => 'col-xl-',
          self::SIZE_XX_LARGE => 'col-xl-',
       ],
       5 => [
          self::SIZE_X_SMALL => 'col-',
          self::SIZE_SMALL => 'col-sm-',
          self::SIZE_MEDIUM => 'col-md-',
          self::SIZE_LARGE => 'col-lg-',
          self::SIZE_X_LARGE => 'col-xl-',
          self::SIZE_XX_LARGE => 'col-xxl-',
       ],
    ];
    
  • useNative: boolean whether to use the native HTML5 color picker input. If set to false, it will use a text input to initialize (unless the type property is overridden). It will also in this case use the Spectrum JQuery plugin to render the picker. Refer plugin documentation for details. This defaults to false.

  • showDefaultPalette: boolean whether to show a default palette of colors. This defaults to true. Set this to false to show only your own custom palette.

  • width: string the width in 'px' or '%' of the color picker input

  • size: string the bootstrap SIZE modifier. One of 'lg', 'md', 'sm'

  • html5Options: array the HTML attributes for the color picker input

  • disabled: boolean whether the input widget is to be entirely disabled. Defaults to false.

  • readonly: boolean whether the input widget is to be entirely readonly. Defaults to false.

  • options: array the HTML attributes for the caption input displaying the color value

  • html5Container: array the HTML attributes for the container enclosing the color control and caption

  • noSupport: string/boolean the message shown for unsupported browser. If set to false will not be displayed.

  • noSupportOptions: array the HTML attributes for the message container displaying unsupported browser message

  • pluginOptions: array the plugin settings/options for the JQuery Spectrum Plugin. Refer plugin documentation for details.

  • pluginEvents: array the JQuery Spectrum Plugin events. You must define events in event-name => event-function format. All events will be stacked in the sequence. Refer the plugin documentation for details. For example:

    pluginEvents = [
        "change" => "function() { log("change"); }"
    ];
    
Usage with ActiveForm and model. Check the model validation (e.g. null value or string > 7 characters).
With a model and without ActiveForm
Usage without a model and with an initial value
A readonly colorinput input and with an initial value
A disabled colorinput input and with an initial value
use kartik\color\ColorInput

// Usage with ActiveForm and model. Check the model validation (e.g. null value or string > 7 characters).
echo $form->field($model, 'color')->widget(ColorInput::classname(), [
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Select color ...'],
]);


// With a model and without ActiveForm
echo '<label class="control-label">Select Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'model' => $model, 
    'attribute' => 'color_1',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Select color ...']
]);

// Usage without a model and with an initial value
echo '<label class="control-label">Dress Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'dress_color',
    'value' => '#8a2f13'
]);


// A readonly colorinput input and with an initial value
echo '<label class="control-label">Favorite Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_5',
    'value' => '#7f1eab',
    'options' => ['readonly' => true]
]);

// A disabled colorinput input and with an initial value
echo '<label class="control-label">Car Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_6',
    'value' => '#31af56',
    'disabled' => true
]);
Use HTML5 native color input (not supported by all browsers) by setting useNative to true.
Control the size of the widget and set an initial value
Use a native control and control the width of the picker control, center the caption, and set default value
Add input group addons
use kartik\color\ColorInput

// Use HTML5 native color input (not supported by all browsers). This should eliminate the 
// jquery plugin load overhead. (Note: If the Spectrum plugin is loaded elsewhere on the page, 
// it will polyfill for <code>input [type=color]</code> in an unsupported browser.)
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_11',
    'useNative' => true,
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...']
]);

// Control the size of the widget and set an initial value
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_12',
    'size' => 'lg',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...']
]);

// Use a native control and control the width of the picker control, 
// center the caption, and set default value
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_13',
    'value' => '#a814fe',
    'useNative' => true,
    'width' => '75%',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...', 'class'=>'text-center'],
]);

// Add input group addons
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_14',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...'],
    'addon' => ['append' => ['content'=>Html::button('Go', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary']), 'asButton'=>true]]
]);

The following functionalities will work only if you have set the useNative property to false that will enable using the Spectrum JQuery plugin.

Change your preferred color format (one of hex, hex6, rgb, hsl, name, or NULL)
Color format that depends on input (try changing formats with the text box)
Set a readonly control to prevent keyboard access that can be controlled by mouse using the picker
Configure the display of various plugin components and use a custom palette.
use kartik\color\ColorInput

// Change your preferred color format (one of hex, hex6, rgb, hsl, name, or empty string)
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_30',
    'value' => 'hsla(96, 31%, 34%, 0.83)',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...'],
    'pluginOptions'=> ['preferredFormat' => 'hsl']
]);

// Color format that depends on input (try changing formats with the text box)
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_31',
    'value' => 'orange',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...'],
    'pluginOptions'=> ['preferredFormat' => '']
]);

// Set a readonly control to prevent keyboard access that can be controlled by mouse using the picker
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_32',
    'value' => 'rgb(100, 50, 200)',
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...', 'readonly' => true],
    'pluginOptions' => [
        'showInput' => false,
        'preferredFormat' => 'rgb'
    ]
]);

// Configure the display of various plugin components and use a custom palette.
echo '<label class="control-label">Choose Color</label>';
echo ColorInput::widget([
    'name' => 'color_33',
    'value' => 'red',
    'showDefaultPalette' => false,
    'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Choose your color ...'],
    'pluginOptions' => [
        'showInput' => true,
        'showInitial' => true,
        'showPalette' => true,
        'showPaletteOnly' => true,
        'showSelectionPalette' => true,
        'showAlpha' => false,
        'allowEmpty' => false,
        'preferredFormat' => 'name',
        'palette' => [
            [
                "white", "black", "grey", "silver", "gold", "brown", 
            ],
            [
                "red", "orange", "yellow", "indigo", "maroon", "pink"
            ],
            [
                "blue", "green", "violet", "cyan", "magenta", "purple", 
            ],
        ]
    ]
]);

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