On the GIMP mailing list (
https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-developer/2007-August/018384.html)
I'm proposing a new interface element:

here's the mock-up
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61253775/

and here's the idea of 1 Dimension Menus explained:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61254113/

can this be implemented using GTK?

The response was that it has to be supported by GTK, adding a new widget:

2007/8/2, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 12:34 -0600, Esteban Barahona wrote:
>
>
> > In the first image the transparency shows what is hided, not how it
> > will be displayed.
>
> Still this kind of user interface would need support from the toolkit. I
> don't think it can be written on top of what is available in GTK+ now.
>
> > In the second there is transparency, but the idea is to have more
> > space when selecting an item. Can a hide-unhide vertical menu be
> > implemented for the tools using GTK?
>
> Pretty much anything can be done. Someone just needs to write the code
> for it. The user interface you are suggesting is interesting and it
> might be a good idea to explore these ideas further, to code a prototype
> and to aim for inclusion in GTK+. If GTK+ provided this functionality, I
> am sure a lot of apps would start using it. GIMP is usually among the
> first applications to adopt new widgets. So there's a good chance that
> this would happen here as well.
>
>
> Sven
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