GSR - FR wrote :
Another solution is that you could just have some special key (to set up
in the preferences) to pop up the minimized windows. For example you
You should try tab key when over an image window... at least it does
something here. Control(+shift)+tab do interesting things too.
Thanks, didn't know of that behaviour of the tab key. But still, it is
not exactly what i meant. Let's say you organize our desktop like that
to keep the most space for drawing:
http://ministeyr.free.fr/images/gimp1.png
Then on a simple keypress (let's say, tab), the hidden windows appear
all at once, like that:
http://ministeyr.free.fr/images/gimp2.png
And on a simple keypress, they disappear once again and you come back to
the first screenshot...
The current behaviour of the tab key is not exactly that, it will
sometimes make appear the toolbox, then it will select different tools
in the toolbox, wich is not really needed (in that configuration, you'll
get a tool faster with clicking once than pressing tab many times, or by
using the specific tool key). Tab will sometimes make appear the other
windows (tools options and such), and sometimes make everything
disappear except from the image window. This is not predictable at all.
Maybe there could be a simple "Disappear on tab" option to switch on or
off for each window, and tab (or another key) would just switch beetween
the displaying or not displaying of these windows, all at once.
There is also the option of displaying all of the minimized windows when
a specific key is held down, then re-minimizing them when the key is
released. It is even more predictable, and easier to implement, since it
doesn't need to keep track of wich windows should or should not be shown
on key: only those minimized are shown. This is well adapted, i think,
because often you don't need for the tools and tools option window for
long, just the time to change some brush size or layer to work on.
BTW, sorry for the late answer.
The screenshots are low-res on purpose, to save bandwidth.
Ministeyr
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