Visual Studio 2012 css color picker missing

Question

I seem to be missing Visual Studio 2012's color picker feature in the css editor. It only shows a drop down menu.

I've tried changing the color picker option in preferences. Also tried resetting settings.

Any ideas will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Type # after the property:

color:#

With Resharper installed, I need to click Ctrl J.

That gives you the first bit of the drop down (some swatches). You then click the double arrow pointing down to get the color picker proper.

Answer 2

Are you typing the pound "#" sign? That's what triggers the nice color picker.

(eg, "color:#" when you press "#" you get the picker, otherwise you just get crappy dropdown).