On Wed, 2015-12-30 at 15:49 +0100, Jehan wrote: > Hi, > > On 2015-12-30 05:52, Georgy Grigoryev wrote: > > In earlier versions of GIMP was a "auto-shrink checkbox". Than it > > was > > replaced with button, which is more clear show what is the checkbox > > doing. But it works only one time. If you extract a lot of elements > > from frame it's tiring you for every element click button. I mean > > if > > you have a checkbox to enable auto-shrink for every selection it > > will > > be great. Button shrink selection one time, and checkbox enable > > auto-shrink for all. What about that idea? > > I didn't even know about the auto-shrink feature. That's cool. > The docs indeed speak of a checkbox > (https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-rect-select.html). I'm not sure w > hen > it has been changed and why.
It has been changed because if you draw a rectangle, and that rectangle's shape changes as soon as you release the mouse button, is really bad UI. An explicit button instead of a toggle is much more obvious and more usable in almost every scenario. The remaining scenarios where one would want the toggle back were considered fringe cases. --Mitch
