Developers, graphic designers, digital artists and web-designers need to make use of a Color Picker software for identifying colors or a Ruler to measure objects on the screen. While one can always use a 3rd-party freeware like ColorPix, Pixie or Just Color Picker for identifying the colors, Internet Explorer 10 includes a Color Picker and a Ruler tool.
To access the built-in tools, you have to open Internet Explorer and press
F12 to open the
Developer Tools. A panel open in the bottom of Internet Explorer 10. These are the Developer Tools. Click on the
Tools menu item, to open its sub-menu. Here you will be able to see
Show Color Picker and
Show Ruler items.
Color Picker Tool in IE10
Clicking on
Show Color Picker will open the Color Picker Tool.
This tool can show the color sample, and the color’s RGB and HEX values. To see a color value used on a webpage, click the color of interest with the cursor. To pick a different color sample, click the eyedropper icon on the dialog box and repeat the previous step. Click Copy and close to copy the HEX value to the clipboard for use in your webpage. Click the X button or Hide color picker on the Tools menu to close the dialog box.
So when you are browsing and need to identify a color, you can simply use this built-in tool to identify the colors.
Ruler in IE10
Clicking on
Show Ruler will open the Ruler Tool.
The Ruler in IE10 Lets you to measure objects on the screen. Multiple colors and rulers are also supported. For better precision, press
CTRL+M to toggle a
magnifier on or off. The ruler shows the X-Y coordinates of each end of the ruler relative to where the points are on the screen. The ruler length is shown at the center of the ruler in pixels. It can be moved, resized, or re-angled. To remove a ruler, select it and press the Delete key. When done, click the X button at the upper-right corner to close the dialog box. When the dialog box is closed, all rulers are hidden.
You can learn more about the tools in the Internet Explorer Developer Tools
here at MSDN.
source:thewindowsclub
