Following the discussion in bug #115092 and according to Sven's suggestion, I am moving a part of the discussion here: what is special about the GIMP toolbox, from a user's point of view? What makes it different from the other docks? There are some subtle differences that are internal and IMHO not important from the user's point of view: the code currently keeps some references to that window because it contains the brush, pattern, gradient and color indicators but these will probably change or go away soon. Also, its title is handled differently from the other dock windows and there are other internal differences due to the fact that the code of the GIMP must have at least one window to start with. But if we look at the remaining differences (again, from the user's point of view, not from the code point of view), what is left? - The toolbox has a menu bar. - The toolbox contains the buttons for switching tools. Apart from these differences, I consider the toolbox to be just another dock: - one can drag tabs to and from it, - one can move and resize it - its state is saved accross sessions, - it is a controller window that allows the user to perform some actions on the current (active) image. As I wrote in bug #115092, I don't think that any user would be surprised if we allowed the menu and the tool buttons to be dragged from the toolbox to any other dock. In fact, it would be nice to add this feature to a future release. Is there anything else that makes the toolbox special in the GIMP user interface? -Raphaël
