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make the layer name still

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make the layer name still ryrych@gmail.com 03 Nov 21:44
  make the layer name still Martin Nordholts 03 Nov 21:50
   make the layer name still Joao S. O. Bueno 04 Nov 04:01
ryrych@gmail.com
2008-11-03 21:44:47 UTC (about 16 years ago)

make the layer name still

hi guys and girls :)

I know that adding grouping of layers requires recreating of xcf format. Working on dozens of layers requires lots of attention and good sense of orientation. ;) I've found another inconvenience. Namely: suppose that we have 50 layers (nothing unusual), current layer is at the bootom of the layer window and we don't know what is the name of the layer that we want - presumebly we didn't named it. But we can see the object we want on the canvas - e.g. an icon. We are clicking on it and on the layer window the appropriate name appears for a while. This is bad solution:

As far as we know the name, we still have to scroll the slider to reach it. So what is my purpose? Could we add another shortcut to make the layer name still? For example right button click. It would make my life easier. :)

So let's summarize:

Clicking on canvas shows adequate layer name in layer window. Releasing LMB returns to our current layer.

Clicking on canvas shows adequate layer name in layer window. (LMP is still holded) Right mouse click doesn't return to current layer but remains at layer that we clicked.

What do you think about it? The thing is that working on dozens of layers is really horrible.

ps I hope I made myself clear :)

best regards, Wojtek Ryrych

Martin Nordholts
2008-11-03 21:50:20 UTC (about 16 years ago)

make the layer name still

ryrych@gmail.com wrote:

hi guys and girls :)

As far as we know the name, we still have to scroll the slider to reach it. So what is my purpose? Could we add another shortcut to make the layer name still? For example right button click. It would make my life easier. :)

Hi!

Edit -> Preferences -> Tool Options -> Move Tool, Set layer or path as active

Then you can select layers with the Move Tool.

BR, Martin

Joao S. O. Bueno
2008-11-04 04:01:56 UTC (about 16 years ago)

make the layer name still

On Monday 03 November 2008, Martin Nordholts wrote:

ryrych@gmail.com wrote:

hi guys and girls :)

As far as we know the name, we still have to scroll the slider to reach it. So what is my purpose? Could we add another shortcut to make the layer name still? For example right button click. It would make my life easier. :)

Hi!

Edit -> Preferences -> Tool Options -> Move Tool, Set layer or path as active

Then you can select layers with the Move Tool.

Actually, this is the only sane way of working with GIMP at all. I can't really understand why the default behavior had changed to the current one (not keeping the picked layer). Probably it was a matter of mimicking the main proprietary similar program once again.

And even then, at the time of the change, I remember restoring the "classic" behavior as a tool option, and this was later changed from a tool option to a tool preference, and got hidden deep in the preferences dialog where it can't be found by anyone, unless one ask the developers thenselves (like it just happened).
I remeber the excuse for hidding it in preferences was nto to "polutte" the tool options with many options. Right now, I have there: Move tool: 4 lines worth of options. Blend tool: 8 lines in the tool options Bucket fill: 15 lines in the tool options!!!

(move tool would bump to merely 6 six lines of widgets with the option for the "keep selected layer" there in plain view of everyone).

Anyone feeling like reconsidering this, unless we get layer groupign and a completley new way of getting to layers on gimp 2.8 ?

js ->

BR,
Martin