On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 12:38:34AM +0100, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > >I know I'm repeating myself, but why not use _both_? In the case of > >the opacity slider, the number is displayed right beside it. Making > >this number a spinbutton would not take up very much more screen real > >estate and it would allow everyone to work with the value in the > >manner they prefer. > > And will make 50% a real 50% and not vary with the size of the slider making > it 49.7 most of times (just an example, maybe typical is 49.9). Though in gimp tool options it is usually much more about adjusting a value based on the visual appearance of the image (like layer opacity) and not a precise value.. Certain sliders could go even without a label and you could still use them just fine.. > >I'd like to see more slider/spinbox combinations in the GIMP. The > >slider is great for figuring out the correct value but being able > >to tune it by typing in a number is essential for precision work. > > Maybe right click slider to launch a dialog where you input precise numbers? > by keyboard It also could show max and min values, or recommended values. > The number is there in most of the sliders, so I see no serious problem > about space: click number, dialog appears. Or convert number to input area. Not a dialog IMHO, the dialog is always an evil extra step. Rather the convert-the-value-to-input - though it should just be an input already.. Tuomas -- .---( t i g e r t @ g i m p . o r g )---. | some stuff at http://tigert.gimp.org/ | `---------------------------------------'
