Follow-up Comment #4, bug #17140 (project mypaint):

It would be nice to allow users to lock out layers somehow so they can't be
accidentally:

  * Selected by Pick Context;
  * Selected by Select Layer at Cursor;
  * Drawn on.

However we should allow the locked layer to be visible so that the user can,
for example, paint over or under a layer without accidentally drawing on it
while in flow. Usecases: everyday inking or colouring, painting away on a test
layer to be merged - or not - after the experiment. These only make sense if
the reference layer(s) are visible, but break flow easily if they can be
selected too easily :)

I think that'd cover the use case in https://gna.org/bugs/?17800 as well as
this one. The user should still be able to choose a layer in the *dialog*
however, for the reasons given in comment #3.

What feedback should we give the user when drawing fails because the current
layer is locked? Blink the layer or just have painting fail? Perhaps the
cursor should change to a non-brush-circle cursor to make it obvious that
painting will do nothing.

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