I haven't yet checked out 2.2, i hope i soon will. But any way i have this idea, i think i must post to the gtk team. Yet i am posting it here too, if GIMP can temporarily achieve at implementing this idea. What about a button on the dialog which switches between the "Good old" dialog box and the "New cool" dialog box. It may also have a shortcut key and an option included in the gimp's preferences dialog about which should be default. Signature: Laxminarayan Kamath Ammembal, Mithrakoota, Bhoj Rao's Lane Dongerkery, Mangalore- 575003 MOBILE : 9845061385 IMMOBILE 0824-2491499 http://www.geocities.com/kamathln