In the last 2 weeks of using Houdini (Indie) when I pick a color swatch regardless of the color the alpha is always 0 and I have to drag it/enter 1 to get the solid color. Where is the default alpha setting controlled?

same here. Not sure what the reason is. Seems like a bug

Additional context. This happens when the color picker presents with an alpha channel. When the color doesn't have an alpha channel then the (unspecified) alpha has a value of 1.

same problem here.

Submitted a bug report. Duplicating for future reference.

#### Steps to reproduce

1. Line. Use default.
1. Visualize. Open Visualizers tab. Set Color Type=Constant. Press the color indicator to open the Color Editor with swatches. Select any swatch.

#### Actual vs expected behavior
Actual: The color values are set but A is 0.
Expected: The color values are set and A is 1.

quickytools
Submitted a bug report. Duplicating for future reference.

#### Steps to reproduce

1. Line. Use default.
1. Visualize. Open Visualizers tab. Set Color Type=Constant. Press the color indicator to open the Color Editor with swatches. Select any swatch.

#### Actual vs expected behavior
Actual: The color values are set but A is 0.
Expected: The color values are set and A is 1.

That doesn't happen for me. A is always 1 after picking a swatch. (18.0.597) Which version are you seeing this?

18.5.351 on Mac Catalina 10.15.7 (19H2).