On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 12:38 +0100, Martin Nordholts wrote: > In current GIMP the docking bars are always visible even though they are > only useful when rearranging the GIMP UI. I have attached a fairly > simple patch (you need latest trunk) that hides these by default and > only shows them when a dockable-drag is started. They are hidden again > when the dockable-drag is completed. > > For better understanding, look at this before- and after-patch-applied > screenshot that shows a dock when GIMP has started: > http://www.chromecode.com/temp/gimp-on-demand-docking-2009-01-03.png > > This is not a trivial UI change so I want to probe for comments on this > list before possibly applying. Any objections to me applying it? Any > suggestions for improvement? I like this very much - it's much cleaner. Now the "dockability" is advertised with a tool tip while hoovering over the docking bar. How will the new version do this? How important is this? When a dockable-drag is started, the docking targets should be visible prominently, not only the bar in it's current version. Perhaps even as a bubbles floating on top of the targets. Rolf Steinort http://meetthegimp.org - Weekly videopodcast about GIMP _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
