Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:20:58 +0200 From: Martin Nordholts [<ense...@gmail.com>] Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Zooming in Single Window Mode To: [gimp-develo...@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu]
On 08/18/2010 08:33 AM, Mathias Lindner wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I run the current development version of GIMP (2.7.2). >> >> In single window mode I experience a very annoying issue. One example to >> reproduce this: choose the brush tool, create a new layer and change it's >> opacity with the slider. And now it comes: I want to zoom into the image >> with the + and - keys on my keyboard. Or I want to move the displayed detail >> using the space bar - before I start painting... >> In multi window mode one just had to focus the image window again (hit the >> window's title bar) to get those keys working. In single window mode, since >> all toolboxes belong to this one window, clicking the title bar doesn't >> change anything. Hitting + and - just changes the opacity of the layer, the >> space bar expands the selection box for layer modes or alters the layer's >> visibility. One actually has to paint onto the image to get it activated and >> get those keys working again. But when I want to paint, I need more details >> - a vicious circle... >> >> Just now I help myself painting somewhere, hitting Ctrl-Z and finally being >> able to zoom in. But this is irritating. Maybe GIMP should check where the >> mouse pointer is and interpret the keystrokes based on this. Is the pointer >> on the image the user prob. wants to zoom, move etc. Is the pointer on the >> layer dialogue the user wants to change settings etc. >> >> Actually, this is not an issue of the window modes. The same behaviour >> occurs in multi window mode. But, as described above, it's easier to >> re-focus the image window over there. Thus, this issue wasn't as annoying as >> it is now... >> >> So, is this worth a bug report? Or is this a feature request? Or none of all >> because I am too stupid to use GIMP correctly? >It doesn't hurt to create a bug report for it >I think the best solution would be simply make sure the + key press is >propagated all the way down to the image window and handled there, since >there is no widget before that that can do anything sensible >/ Martin Bug report is filed here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627337 Cheers, Mathias ___________________________________________________________ WEB.DE DSL SOMMER-SPECIAL: Surf & Phone Flat 16.000 für nur 19,99 ¿/mtl.!* http://web.de/DSL-Doppel-Flatrate/ _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
