There doesn't seem to be a way to temporarily switch to the zoom tool while a button is pressed. For example if I hold down ctrl + space, it would switch to the zoom tool, I could click-drag a rectangle to zoom, and let up on the ctrl + space, and it would switch back to the tool that was selected previously. I used this in photoshop all the time, so I can attest to its benefit. I realize there are shortcuts in the GIMP for zooming. The scroll wheel comes to mind, but zooming by dragging a rectangle is often much more useful for zooming in, and switching to the zoom tool by going over to the toolbox, clicking the zoom tool, then going back to draw the rectangle, then going back to the toolbox to re-select the previous tool, then back to the image to do the thing you were going to do... And I also realize there's a shortcut key for the zoom tool, but even then you have to switch back to the previous tool, which often requires a more difficult shortcut key than Z and probably a good memory too (there are over 30 different tools after all.) Another conceivable solution is simply to have a way to select the previous tool with an easy, left-handed shortcut. Doing that wouldn't be quite as simple for zooming as the momentary zoom idea, but on other occasions might be useful in its own right. What do you all think? _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
