How to Add Color Picker in system.xml Configuration in Magento 2

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In this blog, we will learn about how to Add Color Picker in system.xml in Magento 2.

Without wasting your time, let us guide you straight away. Follow the easy step given below to Add Color Picker in the Configuration file in Magento 2.

STEPS FOR ADD COLOR PICKER IN MAGENTO 2    

Step 1: Create system.xml file

app/code/Vendor/Extension/etc/adminhtml/system.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Config:etc/system_file.xsd">

    <system>

        <tab id="magecurious" class="magecurious" translate="label" sortOrder="10">

            <label>Magecurious</label>

        </tab>

        <section id="extension" translate="label" sortOrder="10" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">

            <class>separator-top</class>

            <label>Magecurious</label>

            <tab>magecurious</tab>

            <resource>Vendor_Extension::config_extension</resource>

            <group id="general" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="1" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">

                <label>General Configuration</label>

                <field id="enable" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="1" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">

                    <label>Enable Extension</label>

                 <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Enabledisable</source_model>

                </field>

<field id="vendor_select_color" translate="label" type="text" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" sortOrder="1">

            <label>Select Color</label>

            <frontend_model>Vendor\Extension\Block\Adminhtml\ColorPicker</frontend_model>

        </field>

            </group>

        </section>

    </system>

</config>

Step 2: Create adminhtml_system_config_edit.xml file

app/code/Vendor/Extension/view/adminhtml/layout/adminhtml_system_config_edit.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="admin-2columns-left" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">

    <head>

        <css src="jquery/colorpicker/css/colorpicker.css"/>

        <link src="jquery/colorpicker/js/colorpicker.js"/>

    </head>

</page>

Step 3: Create ColorPicker.php file

app/code/Vendor/Extension/Block/Adminhtml/ColorPicker.php

<?php

namespace Vendor\Extension\Block\Adminhtml;

class ColorPicker extends \Magento\Config\Block\System\Config\Form\Field

{

    public function __construct(

    \Magento\Backend\Block\Template\Context $context, array $data = []

    ) {

        parent::__construct($context, $data);

    }

    protected function _getElementHtml(\Magento\Framework\Data\Form\Element\AbstractElement $element) {

        $html = $element->getElementHtml();

        $value = $element->getData('value');

        $html .= '<script type="text/javascript">

            require(["jquery","jquery/colorpicker/js/colorpicker"], function ($) {

                $(document).ready(function () {

                    var $el = $("#' . $element->getHtmlId() . '");

                    $el.css("backgroundColor", "'. $value .'");

                    // Attach the color picker

                    $el.ColorPicker({

                        color: "'. $value .'",

                        onChange: function (hsb, hex, rgb) {

                            $el.css("backgroundColor", "#" + hex).val("#" + hex);

                        }

                    });

                });

            });

            </script>';

        return $html;

    }

}

Step 4: Finally run the below commands

$ php bin/magento cache:clean

$ php bin/magento cache:flush

Step 5: Output:

Final Thoughts:

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