I like the idea of having this functionality available. I have tried the patch and it seems very capable. There appears to be bug which presented itself when I did the following: Create a "blue" text layer. Create a "red" text layer positioned above the blue layer. Resize the red text layer. Activate the blue layer. OR Create a "blue" text layer. Create a "red" text layer positioned above the blue layer. Resize the blue layer. Activate the red layer. Activate the blue layer. In both cases, the top-left of the blue layer's rectangle frame gets set to the bottom-right of the red layer's resized frame. This change does not occur unless one of the layers is resized. -------- As a general comment, I would point out that this interface might present a problem in the future when "in-place" text editing is implemented. Since the primary function of the tool is text input, perhaps it would be better to require a modal key (ALT?) when adjusting the frame so that, in the future, unmodified mouse clicks could be used to specify cursor location and text selections. > I've been working on using the new "rectangle tool" interface > to allow changing the shape of a text layer by moving edges > around. (Sven set up the infrastructure for this years ago, > but it has lacked a UI.) I have attached a patch with a trial > implementation to the relevant enhancement request in > Bugzilla: > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122707 > Sven suggests, and I agree, that it would be good to have input > from the UI team before making changes to SVN trunk, hence > this email. Here is a summary of how the trial implementation > handles things:1) If the user clicks on an existing text layer, and no > rectangle > yet exists there, we create a rectangle to frame the layer, > and allow the user to modify it. > 2) If the user has modified the rectangle for an existing text layer, > we change the layer shape or position accordingly. > 3) If the active layer is not a text layer, or if it is but the user > has clicked outside it, and the rectangle that has been swept out is too > small, we want to use dynamic text, so we halt the rectangle interface. > 4) Otherwise, we use the new rectangle that the user has > swept out as our text box, keeping the rectangle interface alive so > that the user can modify it. > The rectangle interface is exactly identical to the one in the rectangle > select tool, except that I have tentatively assumed that modifier keys > aren't going to come into play. However, everything should be > considered open to change right now. > So, I am hoping to get some feedback from the UI team about this > stuff. > If you want to experiment with the trial implementation, you can > find an updated patch in the above-mentioned bug report. To > the best of my knowledge, everything works as intended except > Undo, which is a bit glitchy.  > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
