= Space key = The other mails about Space key, zooms and such made me think. What about: - Space: slow cursor, if doable. Lets say 50% normal speed, or user configurable. Working as modifier, it slows while you push it. Or maybe a toggle. Dunno. :] If not doable, dunno what... show menu? Any other ideas? - Alt + Space: swap tools. You have Current and Alternative (you guessed, Alt key), hitting it makes swap the places. If you choose another tool via menus / keys / buttons it becomes Current, and the previous one becomes Alternative. - Ctrl + Space: relaunch last filter (control values, reason for Ctrl). - Shift + Space: repeat last filter (more, bigger, reason for Shift). I think they sound fine. No, I am not going to code them, but I would like to see them in TODO or IDEAS, if nobody opposes. Some are as easy as changing the bindings (I am using last two ones, and would nice if Gimp would forget the defaults, but it shows defaults and mines), but the others require more work, swap requires an Alternative slot and some changes in functions (sounds easy to code if you know Gimp guts, or maybe in 1.3 rework), and slow down seems complex to me (maybe it is a stupid thing, who knows). = Extra border area = The swap tools remembered me of when I paint in real world, I end holding tools in the other hand, or "biting" them. And I also paint the protectors (newspapers, adhesive tape) if I need to test something, discard paint, start outside final area or in general do something that will not appear in final job. So what about adding a configurable area around layers? It would be like when you zoom out, you start viewing inactive area, but with two details: - the area always exist, even if at 1600% you always get the extra separating image size from rulers when you move near border. It will mean a bigger window if at 100% and showing all. As user should be able to configure it, he can use from 0 (same as current) to a nice value (100 pix? 200?). Should be changable on the fly, if possible. - paint affects it too, but disappears after a given time (user configurable inactivity time). It only shows on screen, does not affect layer painting (or maybe yes, should be investigated if it makes some ops easier, like Smudge). Filters ignore it, when you change zoom, view or something it can disappear without problems. It is temp, you can use it, but do not expect it to be true paint. When you are trying to see if layers are inside or outside it will help. Also when you want to start a stroke near the border. And the bigger the image, the better cos the other option is to start with a bigger image than needed, and crop; supposing you want A pix of border, it means you save A * A * 4 + A * xsize * 2 + A * ysize * 2. Or to just test how much pressure you need without having a scratch image. No idea about how to implement it, or if it easy or complex. But would be nice, even in the most basic aspect (paint never appear, but at least you have the space to move the cursor and start paiting outside when zoomed in). :] = End = Thanks for reading both ideas. GSR
