On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 17:00 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > I consider to change what GIMP uses the Space key for and would like > to get some user feedback on this. Currently, pressing the Space key > temporarily switches to the move tool. This is sometimes convenient > but I am not sure if it is all that useful. > > Another image manipulation program, which GIMP is frequently being > compared to, uses the Space key to offer the functionality that GIMP > has bound to the middle mouse button: panning the image display. Since > not everyone has a middle mouse button (especially on tablet pens), it > might be a good idea to follow that example. If we did that, pressing > Space would keep the current tool but the cursor would change to a > hand symbol and one could drag the image display (not the content!) > using the mouse. > > Any opinions on that, anyone?
Hola Sven. I was initially very excited about the GIMP's behaviour. But I found myself mostly sticking to swapping the active tool with the default shortcuts. Sounds like a great workflow speedup in theory, but I don't really use it :/ I see it as a good thing to use spacebar for panning, helping a lot of people transitioning to the free software tool. Two thumbs up. cheers -- Jakub Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Novell, Inc. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
