Hi David, gimpusers, >> with any alternate key (shift, ctrl, alt). What is the best (fastest >> :-)) way to get to, or position yourself, to the resource? > Resource tagging is intended to address this problem. Have you tried > it? You can assign tags to any resource using the bottom input field > in the relevant dialog, and filter by tags using the top input field > in the relevant dialog. (but not currently in the tool-options > popup.. you must be using the full dockable, eg. Gradients, > Patterns, Brushes in order to use this.)
I'm not aware of this feature. By "full dockable" do you mean the items under Windows > Dockable Dialogs? For example, I went to Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Gradients, and it looks like Figure 14.39 on this page. http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-gradient-dialog.html I don't see any input text field. I've scanned the documentation on this page, and my eyes aren't catching it %-) Do you see it in the documentation, if so, could you please point me to it. Or, can you elaborate a bit more on what I'm doing wrong. >> For example: >> Text Tool >> Click on Font Icon >> The active font is Arial and I want to get to Tahoma. > Why can't you simply use the scrollbar to get near to the right > place in a matter of 5 seconds? I can. I agree that the preview of > fonts is comparitively sluggish VS eg. gradients or patterns. I > think the previews should be calculated in idle time, so that > scrolling and selection can be instant. > David You are right. For whatever reason the scroll bar isn't smooth and not very accurate. The Text, including Font Selection Dialog, is the worse. I find myself pulling down, oopps, pull up, oopps, pull down. That's why I thought if there was some key-combination that would at least get me in the vicinity, it might help. I'm been adding a lot of brushes, palettes, and patterns. And thinking ahead, if I keep adding more, will this get worse. How will I find things, and get to them or get near them, as quickly as possible. Side track ~~~~~~~~~~ Windows > Dockable Dialogs is one way, but I often get to these Dialogs from the Tool Options Dialog. For example, I click the Blend Tool, click the image next to the label "Gradient:", and then click, "Open the gradient selection dialog" on the lower-right. A while back, I read a tutorial about rearranging GIMP's interface, and up to now it's worked nicely. Most of the time I have 2 Windows, 1 is the image and the other is everything else. On the top I have all the Tools. In fact, I added more, by going to Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Tools, and clicked the eye/visibility next to all except 2 (Threshold and GEGL Operations). I also added the 3 items from Edit > Preference Toolbox. In the lower half of the Toolbox I docked everything in this order: Layers, Channels, Paths, History, Pointer Info, Brush Dialog, Palettes, Patterns, Gradients, Options. I like things visible at this stage of the game. I did follow Akkana Peck's suggestions at, http://gimpbook.com/tips.html, to get rid of wilbur. That was precious space regained. If the images hide the toolbox, I click ctrl-b. If I lose the image, I double click the Active Image to bring up the Active Image Dialog to raise the image. After writing this, it dawned on me that I have Edit > Preference > Tool Options, "Paint Options Shared Between Tools" selected, so I actually could just preset the values by clicking the tabs that I have docked. Live and learn :-) Thank you. -- __________________________ DJ _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
