Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Why not combine both approaches? For example: - Left click on New-Layer Button: Create a layer of the same type the user added last time. - Right click on New-Layer Button: Show a popup and let the user choose which kind of layer he wants to create. The right click will be a short route for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Am 25.03.2015 um 19:54 schrieb jEsuSdA 8): El 23/03/15 a las 18:49, Alexandre Prokoudine escribió: On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Joseph Bupe wrote: IMO, the new layer button should just create a new transparent layer. The dialog window should be optional. Or you can create a transparent

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
26 марта 2015 г. 12:27 пользователь Tobias Oelgarte написал: Why not combine both approaches? For example: - Left click on New-Layer Button: Create a layer of the same type the user added last time. Left-click on a button in a dialog is not just inconsistent with the rest of UI in GIMP, but

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread Ofnuts
On 26/03/15 09:29, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: Am 25.03.2015 um 19:54 schrieb jEsuSdA 8): El 23/03/15 a las 18:49, Alexandre Prokoudine escribió: On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Joseph Bupe wrote: IMO, the new layer button should just create a new transparent layer. The dialog window should be

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 03/26/2015 09:29 AM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: I didn't notice this feature as well. Good to know. But since many of us missed it, could we say that the implementation of this feature sucks, because it is not obvious for the normal user? Whenever any change is done that is perceived as for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 03/24/2015 06:53 AM, Joseph Bupe wrote: I already know about the Shift + Click key combination. But, why can't we do it the photoshop way? It's a straight forward thing to open a new layer without pop-up. I also think certain usability issues in Gimp should be voted upon in order to

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-03-26 Thread C R
Removing the dialogue, or moving it to shift-click would be fine, except for the fact that it will effectively hide the dialogue from new users. What about just keeping the dialogue the same (when you click the new layer button), and having the hot-key auto-repeat the last chosen layer settings