Raphaël Quinet (quinet@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On 24 Nov 2003 17:04:37 +0100, Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It is even raised when the last image window is closed. It is treated
> > special when you hit Tab. All this makes it the leader window of the
> > GIMP application.
>
> But could you explain to a newbie _why_ this is like that? Is there a
> reason why only that window (which includes a dock) is raised when the
> last image window is closed and why this one is treated differently
> when you press Tab? Why don't we do the same thing for all docks?
Actually the "raising" action that Sven mentioned is a side-effect
of the Tab-Feature. I'm pretty sure that you know about it, but it
appears garbled in your description.
* The first <Tab> in an image window hides the toolbox and the docks
* The second <Tab> lets the toolbox reappear
* The third <Tab> also lets the docks reappear.
Basically the Tab key cycles between Full blown GUI, Toolbox only, just
image windows. And IMHO the possibility to have a reduced GUI
(Toolbox only) seems useful to me.
Of course we have to make sure that a window of the Gimp is visible when
the last image window gets closed. So we make sure that the toolbox
gets _present()ed again [1], when the last open image gets closed.
So the Toolbox Window is different, because it is by definition the
minimal GIMP GUI.
Hope this clears things up.
Bye,
Simon
[1] There lurks an annoyance here: this step actually should be omitted
when actually closing the GIMP. I sometimes have the effect that I
shut down the Gimp (living in its own Viewport), switch to a different
Viewport and want to do something different and *oops* Sawfish switches
back (because the toolbox got _present()ed) and I have to watch the
Shutdown process of the GIMP.
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