Damian Nicholson

TextMate CSS Colour Picker

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Being a heavy mac user, I’m always in my favourite text editor - TextMate. Here’s a tip for when working with colour in a CSS file. This shortcut brings up a real handy colour picker.

⌘ + ⇧ + c

Once a colour has been selected, the corresponding hex code is placed at the current cursor position. Definately one worth knowing in my opinion!

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