Hi, On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 15:50 -0700, William Skaggs wrote: > Rectangle Controls: An expander containing a set of spinbuttons and > checkboxes used for specifying the shape of the rectangle > numerically. There are checkboxes for "fixed width", "fixed > height", and "fixed aspect". If any of these are activated, then > the number entered in the corresonding spinbutton will be used to > set the relevant dimension of the rectangle, and will not be > affected by any mouse actions. It is possible for more than one to > be activated. If, for example, both "fixed width" and "fixed > height" are active, then the shape of the rectangle will be fixed, > and dragging any edge or corner will simply move the rectangle as a > whole. > > At the bottom of the Controls are a set of four spinsbuttons that > can be used to change the coordinates of the rectangle corners. > Changing any of these has the same effect as dragging one of the > rectangle edges using the mouse, including the application of any > constraints that are active. This part needs to be entirely redesigned. I didn't realize until now that you actually meant this to be the final state of the tool options. I always assumed that the controls are just there as a way to play with the internal properties. The properties are probably fine but I don't think we can present this to our users. It's way too complex and people have already expressed their concerns about it, especially when it comes to specifying the aspect ratio. I suggest that we look at the old rect select and crop tools for this. Their user interface was IMO a lot cleaner and more intuitive. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
