Colorflow Changelog

[2.8.0] - 2025-01-23

✨ Major Visual Improvements

🎨 See-Through Background

• Semi-transparent overlay - Now you can see Minecraft behind the GUI!
• Panels have subtle transparency while remaining readable
• Much more immersive experience

🎯 Highly Visible Color Cursor

• Large square cursor with white outer ring, black inner ring, and color center
• Crosshair lines extending from cursor for maximum visibility
• Impossible to lose track of your selection!

📦 Single Item Mode

• All block pickups now give 1 item instead of 64
• More natural for building workflows
• Stack in creative inventory as needed

✨ Gradient Generator Overhaul

📏 Variable Length

• Choose 3 to 15 steps with +/- buttons
• First and last blocks are always exactly what you selected
• Only middle blocks are calculated for best color match

🔍 Block Filters

• Solid - Full blocks only (concrete, wool, etc.)
• Glass - Transparent blocks (stained glass, ice)
• Partial - Slabs, stairs, walls
• Toggle multiple filters at once

🎯 Improved Block Selection

• Clear START/END slot system
• Visual highlight showing selected slot
• First/last preview slots highlighted in accent color

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Color palette cursor now highly visible on all colors
• Hue bar arrows visible on both sides
• Tooltips stay on screen properly
• Scroll works correctly in block browser

🔧 Technical

• Panels use alpha blending (0xF0 and 0xC0) for transparency
• Gradient generator respects user's exact block choices
• Filter system properly categorizes blocks

Colorflow Changelog

[2.8.0] - 2025-01-20

✨ Major UI Overhaul

🎨 New Color Picker Interface

• 2D Color Palette - Professional Photoshop/Figma-style saturation/value picker
• Vertical Hue Bar - Full ✨ spectrum with smooth cursor
• Circular Cursor - Beautiful indicator on the color palette showing current selection
• RGB Color Bars - Enhanced sliders with gradient visualization
• Live Preview Panel - Shows current color with light/dark variations and RGB breakdown

✨ Completely Redesigned Gradient Generator

• Built-in Block Browser - Scroll through ALL available blocks without leaving the screen
• Search Functionality - Find blocks by name, ID, or mod
• Click-to-Select System - Click START or END slot, then pick from browser
• Swap Button - Instantly reverse your gradient direction
• Visual Color Bar - Smooth color gradient preview below the block slots
• Click Preview Slots - Click any generated block to add to hotbar

🖱️ Improved Interactions

• Drag on Palette - Click and drag to smoothly change saturation/value
• Drag on Hue Bar - Smooth hue selection
• Scroll in Browser - Mouse wheel scrolls through blocks
• Hover Tooltips - Detailed block info on hover

🎯 Visual Improvements

• Thicker Borders (2px) for better visibility
• High Contrast Colors across all themes
• Gradient Icon in title bar (RGB squares)
• Better Typography with shadows on important text
• Consistent Spacing and alignment

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed blurry GUI by overriding renderBackground()
• All panels now render with 100% solid colors
• No more transparency issues

🔧 Technical Changes

• New ColorPaletteWidget class for 2D color selection
• New HueBarWidget class for hue selection
• Improved color synchronization between all input methods
• Better state management to prevent feedback loops

[2.7.2] - 2025-01-19

🐛 Critical Fix: Blurry GUI

• Completely overrode renderBackground() to prevent Minecraft's blur effect
• High contrast theme colors - all themes now have much better visibility
• Thicker borders (2px) on all panels and slots for clarity
• White text with shadows for maximum readability

✨ Visual Improvements

• All panel backgrounds are now visibly distinct from screen background
• Tooltip has white border for high visibility
• Color swatches have black borders
• Slot hover states are now very obvious (highlighted color)

🎨 Theme Changes

• Cherry Blossom: Darker background, brighter accents
• Midnight Ocean: Deep black background, cyan accents
• Forest Grove: Dark green tones, bright green accents
• Sunset Ember: Dark warm tones, orange accents
• Arctic Frost: Light gray background, blue accents, dark text

🔧 Technical

• Removed all calls to super.renderBackground() which caused blur
• All colors now explicitly have 0xFF alpha
• Reduced transparency in all UI elements to zero

[2.5.0] - 2025-01-19

🐛 Fixed

• GUI Rendering - Fixed blurry/transparent interface by properly managing OpenGL blend states
• Shift+Click - Fixed detection using Screen.hasShiftDown() instead of undefined method
• All UI elements now render with 100% solid colors (forced 0xFF alpha)

✨ Improved

• Added RenderSystem.disableBlend() before rendering solid panels
• Added RenderSystem.enableBlend() only when rendering items (which need transparency)
• All context.fill() calls now force full opacity with | 0xFF000000
• Better separation between custom widget rendering and Minecraft widget rendering

🔧 Technical

• Moved blend state management into each widget's render method
• Ensured proper OpenGL state restoration after rendering

Colorflow Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

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[2.0.0] - 2025-01-18

📊 Console Output Example

╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ COLORFLOW - Block Color Extraction ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Extraction Complete! │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Total blocks scanned: 1247 │ │ Blocks with colors: 892 │ │ Excluded (invisible): 12 │ │ No item (unobtainable): 198 │ │ No color data: 145 │ │ Time elapsed: 47ms │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ By Category: │ │ Full Blocks................ 412 blocks │ │ Slabs...................... 156 blocks │ │ Stairs..................... 142 blocks │ │ Walls...................... 89 blocks │ │ Fences & Gates............. 45 blocks │ │ Other...................... 48 blocks │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ By Mod: │ │ minecraft.................. 756 blocks │ │ create..................... 89 blocks │ │ chisel..................... 47 blocks │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

🚫 Excluded Blocks (Invisible/Unobtainable)

Only truly invisible blocks are excluded:

• air, cave_air, void_air
• barrier, light
• nether_portal, end_portal, end_gateway
• fire, soul_fire
• moving_piston, piston_head
• bubble_column
• debug_stick

All other blocks are included!

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