Please, please implement a usable materials picker / manager on MacOS. It’s almost impossible to use effectively if you have many materials in a project. Even when you select a material in the scene the highlight around the picker swatch (which is erratic as to whether it actually highlights the p…

There are a couple of redraw issues in the Mac Colors palette. While those are not yet fixed, you can do these things: If you eye-dropper sampled a material, and can’t see any Colors in Model material highlighted, click on the large swatch thumbnail in the lower left. That should highlight the righ…

Colin - given that many/most longtime MacOS SU users have requested/expressed a preference for the (Windows) SU materials pallet, is it simply inattention to Mac users needs — or is there a technical reason why there has been nothing done after years of complaints? (and apologies if this sounds ove…

[image] Annoying glitches with SketchUp on Mac Technical Problems This is a known bug that has been a problem for years and one we can’t easily solve with out introducing other, worse issues. You’ll likely see a new UI solve this before it’s directly fixed with this parti…

Thanks Mike - just caught up on that thread. So there is an underlying technical issue that has thwarted change. Good to know that at least it’s on their radar and soon(?) to drop into the dev hopper.

I would definitely take the Windows version of the palette, the current MacOS is ‘almost’ not fit for purpose if you have a large number of materials inna model. Although the colour shelf underneath is nice functionality from the MacOS colour picker

A usable materials palette on MacOS

SketchUp Feature Requests

bmike February 27, 2025, 5:25pm 4

There is hope… read down from that quote.

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A usable materials palette on MacOS

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