> The space bar is invaluable as a way to move the image withing
> its window. Why do you want to confiscate existing possibilties,
> instead of unused keyboard and mouse combinations?
This is why I said *tapping* the space bar. Since moving around the
image is strictly a hold button action, the s
2010/7/26 Fredrik Alströmer :
> Consider a button/key which you press, which brings up
> a circle of tools around the mouse pointer, perhaps an inch or two in
> diameter (keeping it animated improves visual coherence, or so I've
> been told, perhaps have them zoom out from under the cursor), move
>
First off, sorry for the top post, but I thought this is isn't
directly related to the question "what to do with the right mouse
button / context menu". It was, however, something that hit me while I
was thinking about it. When I read this list, I normally just read the
emails consider some differe
Quoting Alexandre Prokoudine :
>>> GIMP has three ways to access menu currently: menu bar, top-left
>>> button where ruler's origin is and right-click menu. This is bloat.
>>
>> The first two methods are not always available.
>
> As already mentioned above, menubar could simply roll out when neede
On 7/25/10, saulgoode wrote:
>> GIMP has three ways to access menu currently: menu bar, top-left
>> button where ruler's origin is and right-click menu. This is bloat.
>
> The first two methods are not always available.
As already mentioned above, menubar could simply roll out when needed.
Needle
On 7/25/10, peter sikking wrote:
> I am asking myself: could we not
> show the menu bar when the mouse sprite is moved against the top
> of the screen (after a short, 0.5s, timeout)? fading or sliding
> in would be nice...
It should be possible. Firefox rolls out button bar and tabs when you
hove
Quoting Alexandre Prokoudine :
> On 7/25/10, Olivier wrote:
>
>> I cannot count how many times I have been happy to be able to reach almost
>> everything from a simple right-click. If other image manipulation
>> applications cannot offer this possibility, too bad for them.
>
> Don't use 2.7 and a
Bill Skaggs wrote:
> The global popup menu is certainly useful; I have used it very
> often. The context
> menu for the text tool was introduced as part of on-canvas text
> editing. It was
> introduced because on-canvas editing could not work without it --
> there was no
> reasonable way t
On 7/25/10, Bill Skaggs wrote:
> The global popup menu is certainly useful; I have used it very often. The
> context menu for the text tool was introduced as part of on-canvas text
> editing. It was introduced because on-canvas editing could not work
> without it -- there was no reasonable way t
On Sunday 25 July 2010 18:37:09 Bill Skaggs wrote:
> the only question is which one is more important.
Or how they can be combined in a clever way ;) UI designers to the rescue,
but I'm certain that restricting the future to either possibility is not the
optimum.
Daniel
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Let me respond to the points that have been made in this thread. The first
thing
to say is that there are solid arguments in both directions, and any
decision is a
trade-off, so there is no need to insult one side or the other.
The global popup menu is certainly useful; I have used it very often.
On 7/25/10, Olivier wrote:
> I cannot count how many times I have been happy to be able to reach almost
> everything from a simple right-click. If other image manipulation
> applications cannot offer this possibility, too bad for them.
Don't use 2.7 and above then, 'cause Text tool now has its o
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Vincent Beers wrote:
> While you have a point about being able to hide the menu bar, doesn't
> the main window never get larger than the screen size, meaning that
> your window title and everything in it will always be visible?
>
This limitation does not exist. S
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Vincent Beers wrote:
> Hi, I have a feature/enhancement request.
>
> Currently, the GIMP shows the program's menu when right-clicking within the
> drawing area. However, this seems superfluous as the menu is already
> displayed
> at all times.
This is certainly f
Hi, I have a feature/enhancement request.
Currently, the GIMP shows the program's menu when right-clicking within the
drawing area. However, this seems superfluous as the menu is already displayed
at all times. I think the GIMP's usability could be enhanced if instead, the
right mouse button did s
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