liquidPlannerPackageHighlighting.js

function strToHSL(input) {
    return intToHSL(getHashCode(input));

    function intToHSL(int) {
        var shortened = int % 360;
        return "hsla(" + shortened + ",70%,40%,0.4)";
    };

    function getHashCode(str) {
        var hash = 0;
        if (str.length == 0) return hash;

        // // Colour by random sum int
        // for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
        //      hash = str.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
        //      hash = hash & hash; // Convert to 32bit integer
        // }
        // return hash;

        // // Colour by aggregate difference in chars
        // for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
        //     hash += str.charCodeAt(i) - 97
        // }
        // return hash;

        // // Colour by text difference average
        var i = 0;
        while (i < str.length) {
            hash += (str.charCodeAt(i) - 97) * 30
            i++;
        }
        return hash/i;
    };
}

$("#task_list .package").each(function() {
    var color = strToHSL( $(this).text() );
    $(this).attr('style','background: '+color+' !important; color: white !important;')
})