I can't add swatches to external (locked) color palettes.

[Raaskot]

Tried to consult online guide but not quite confident with how VS color palette managent works.

In other apps I just drag and drop color swatches from panel to panels but here they seems locked.

I cannot figure out how to unlock the latter. I guess I miss something out in the VS palette concept.

Can you help?

[VectorStyler]

@Raaskot Was the external palette opened from a file, or created as a new palette?
If it was opened from a file, is the file read only?

[Raaskot]

@VectorStyler
Do you mean from the MacOS or otherwise?

I guess its read only but I don't where/how its placed to check it out. Do you know?

[VectorStyler]

@Raaskot How was the external palette created?

[Raaskot]

@VectorStyler
Dont remember. Likely from A-Illustrator
Tried to search in OS ---> No success.

Can I find it via VS UI?

[VectorStyler]

@Raaskot said in I can't add swatches to external (locked) color palettes.:

Can I find it via VS UI?

You can open a palette file using the Panels -> Palette -> Open Palette File command.

[Raaskot]

@VectorStyler
Sure, but no clue of where from VS load the palette-files.

Is there a specific VS ressource folder to access?

[VectorStyler]

@Raaskot said in I can't add swatches to external (locked) color palettes.:

Is there a specific VS ressource folder to access?

I was thinking about external palettes (other than VS), in case you have the file.

[Raaskot]

@VectorStyler
Yes, but when using OS Finder/search I cannot reach them on my harddisk.

1. How does VS pick them?
2. Is it possible to remove palettes from VS?

[VectorStyler]

@Raaskot Those palettes are from MacOS. VS picks them by asking the system the available palettes.

They might be in ~/Library/Colors/, but depends on how they were created (by other apps).

VS cannot create these kind of palettes

[Raaskot]

@VectorStyler
Make sense why they are non editable. But simply cannot find them on HD. Tried to lookup in the Library (and Application Support folder), but no show. I hoped It would make me understand the nature of the palettes better.

I guess the palettes has been created with Dope Illustrator time ago. Have to investigate further ...