The Color Gradient controls allows for the selection of two separate colors, for use in any situation that requires gradient colors (i.e. Header, footer, sidebar, etc…).

Arguments
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| type | string | ‘color_gradient’ | Value identifying the field type. |
| id | string | Unique ID identifying the field. Must be different from all other field IDs. | |
| title | string | Displays title of the option. | |
| subtitle | string | Subtitle display of the option, situated beneath the title. | |
| desc | string | Description of the option, appearing beneath the field control. | |
| class | string | Appends any number of classes to the field’s class attribute. | |
| compiler | bool | Flag to run the compiler hook. More info | |
| required | array | Provide the parent, comparison operator, and value which affects the field’s visibility. More info | |
| default | string | Array of default values. See ‘Default Values’ below. | |
| validate | string | String value of color to validate the chosen color. More info. |
|
| transparent | bool | true | Flag to set the visibility of the transparency checkbox. |
| permissions | string | String specifying the capability required to view the section. More info. | |
| hint | array | Array containing the content and optional title arguments for the hint tooltip. More info |
- Using the Required Argument
- Using the Validate Argument
- Using the Compiler Argument
- Using the Permissions Argument
- Using Hints
Default Values
| Name | Type | Description |
| to | string | Hex string value for the left gradient color. |
| from | string | Hex string value for the right gradient color. |
NOTE: To set the transparency checkbox by default, use the string ‘transparent’ in place of a string hex value in either the to or from argument.
Example Declaration
$field = array(
'id' => 'opt-color-gradient',
'type' => 'color_gradient',
'title' => __('Header Gradient Color Option', 'redux-framework-demo'),
'subtitle' => __('Only color validation can be done on this field type', 'redux-framework-demo'),
'desc' => __('This is the description field, again good for additional info.', 'redux-framework-demo'),
'validate' => 'color',
'default' => array(
'from' => '#1e73be',
'to' => '#00897e',
),
);
Example Usage
This example in based on the example usage provided above. Be sure to change $redux_demo to the value you specified in your opt_name argument.
global $redux_demo; echo 'From color: ' . $redux_demo['opt-color-gradient']['from']; echo 'To color: ' . $redux_demo['opt-color-gradient']['to'];