Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-20 Thread C R
> > In workflow, it makes sense to focus the dialog on the next likely action, >> so if the user is filling out a form, focus would naturally be on the next >> blank field that needs to be filled in. >> > Are you arguing that having a global key to accept+dismiss the current > dialog has no

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-20 Thread Christopher Curtis
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 2:29 AM, C R wrote: > In workflow, it makes sense to focus the dialog on the next likely action, > so if the user is filling out a form, focus would naturally be on the next > blank field that needs to be filled in. > Are you arguing that having a

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-20 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Thu, 2016-05-19 at 19:03 +0100, C R wrote: > And yet hitting Enter/Return key to commit/save is standard here too, > which > is why there's a popup warning on overwrite in cases of overwriting a > file. Yes. (sorry for not being clear) Whether enter commits the action in those cases depends

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-20 Thread C R
Please ignore this bit, it's really beside the point, and is just me thinking out loud. > > It makes little sense to then have to change your hand position to apply > the change with another hotkey, since we have already decided to focus it > instead of the first item in the dialog, especially

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-20 Thread C R
In cases where you are unlikely to change every single option, it's still much faster to handle it exactly like originally stated, and is why other very popular graphics software applications use the convention. In workflow, it makes sense to focus the dialog on the next likely action, so if the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-19 Thread C R
And yet hitting Enter/Return key to commit/save is standard here too, which is why there's a popup warning on overwrite in cases of overwriting a file. -C On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Liam R. E. Quin wrote: > On Thu, 2016-05-19 at 09:59 +0100, C R wrote: > > > [...] > >

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-19 Thread C R
> > 1. open combo (space) >> 2. confirm entry (enter) >> 3. confirm dialog (enter) >> > > Is that really a good approach? I'm concerned that it's too easy to > accidentally commit some change by using the same key. Would it be better > to leave Enter alone, and have a global Ctrl+Enter or

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread Petteri Soininen
From personal experience I'd say if using enter to commit changes hasn't messed a production database of an entire factory, then this should be less critical. Ctrl-Enter is good designwise though. It gives less chance of mistake keypress and is easily accessible with just one hand. (And the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread Christopher Curtis
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Michael Natterer wrote: > On Wed, 2016-05-18 at 16:47 +0100, C R wrote: > > 1st enter opens the combo box, 2nd enter confirms the selection. > > Third enter commits. > > 1. open combo (space) > 2. confirm entry (enter) > 3. confirm dialog

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread Michael Natterer
On Wed, 2016-05-18 at 16:47 +0100, C R wrote: > Wait, what? Oh, I mean the third enter. Sorry, you're right, you have > to > hit enter to confirm the option. > > 1st enter opens the combo box, 2nd enter confirms the selection. > Third > enter commits. > > From any of value box (be it combo or

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread C R
Wait, what? Oh, I mean the third enter. Sorry, you're right, you have to hit enter to confirm the option. 1st enter opens the combo box, 2nd enter confirms the selection. Third enter commits. >From any of value box (be it combo or otherwise), you should be able to hit Enter/Return to apply the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread Michael Natterer
On Wed, 2016-05-18 at 07:31 +0100, C R wrote: > It's always been a bit of a kink in my workflows. > > You want to quickly apply the last Preset, and sure enough, hitting > the > Enter/Return key after the dialog opens jumps to a preview of the > last > recorded preset. <-Love this. > > > What

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread C R
> Which dialogs that have Presets don't use an OK button accessible using > Alt-O ? > > Not many, but there are clashes, for example Hue-Saturation Alt+O does not work at all. Aside from that, Alt+O is a two-handed hotkey combo, and is much more difficult to use with a mouse in your other hand.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread Kevin Payne
Which dialogs that have Presets don't use an OK button accessible using Alt-O ? Kevin From: gimp-developer-list on behalf of C R Sent: 18 May 2016 07:31 To: gimp-developer Subject:

Re: [Gimp-developer] Can hitting Enter/Return twice apply changes made in popup dialogs?

2016-05-18 Thread Chris Moller
+1 For me, that would be especially useful in things like the Image>Scale Image dialogue. On 05/18/16 02:31, C R wrote: It's always been a bit of a kink in my workflows. You want to quickly apply the last Preset, and sure enough, hitting the Enter/Return key after the dialog opens jumps to