Hi, RaphaXl Quinet <quinet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 09 Apr 2002 15:42:31 +0200, "Sven Neumann" <sven@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > - The zoom GUI might be copied from PS: > > --------------- > > | | > > | | > > | Preview | > > | | > > --------------- > > + 100% - > > I like this GUI. I also like the fact that in PS (or is it in PSP?), the > mouse pointer changes to a hand as soon as you move over the preview area > so that the user knows that the image can be panned simply by clicking > and dragging with the left mouse button. In our case, the cursor could > be changed to the same crossed arrows as for the Move tool. Assigning > this feature to the left mouse button implies that the default cursor can > be changed (the feature would be "hidden" if another mouse button was > used). Also, this preview widget is very nice because it is compact: > there is no need for scrollbars because there is a visible hint (the > cursor) indicating that the preview can be moved. > > I am not sure that I like the idea of making the zoom ratio editable > (spinbutton) because that would waste some space on the screen. Most > dialogs in the GIMP are already much too large. I don't think we need to care too much about screen estate in plug-in dialogs since they are sort of modal. You open the plug-in dialog, use it and close it again. Screen estate is important for dialogs that stay open while doing other stuff. Using a spinbutton might increase the dialog's vertical size by a few pixels (if any at all), so I don't think this argument holds. > > - A split mode would be handy: > > ------------------- > > | | | > > | Before | | > > | | After | > > | | | > > ------------------- > > Alternative setups like top/bottom, diagonal split have been > > suggested. Difficult to get this integrated into the GUI w/o > > cluttering it with buttons. Could be in a right-click menu, but > > it would probably not be found there. > > This could be nice, but I am not sure that it would be worth the effort > (and again, the wasted space). How many plug-ins would really benefit > from such a preview? In most cases, looking at the window containing > the original image should be sufficient (assuming that the preview is > located in one corner of the plug-in dialog, so that it is easy to put > one window over the other one and compare their contents). I am not > really against it, but I think that it should not be enabled by default > and I would like some examples of plug-ins for which this feature could > be useful. probably my ascii drawing was a bit misleading. The idea was to split the content of the preview area, not to add a second preview area. So we wouldn't waste and space, we just need to find a way to expose this functionality to the user and allow her to switch it on/off and configure where the split occurs. Since this is sort of an expert feature, it might be OK to make it accessible thru a right-click context menu only. Salut, Sven
