On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:57 AM, tmaes <thierry.maes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, here is an enhacement request I posted in the bugzilla, Martin Nordholts told me to send it to the mailinglist, so I hope I post it in the right place: > > I often have this problem: > > when enabling/disabling layers visibility during my work, to choose in whitch > layer I want to work, when I find the one I want, I directly go to the image > and draw... but sadly, it is in the last active layer that I draw and the result > is not what I wanted. > I think it would be more ergonomic if the "turned on layer" becomes > automatically the active layer. At least, if people could choose this > behaviour(instead of the actual) in the preferences, it would be great, I > think. > > I hope my description is understandable. > Regards to all, Hi Thierry - While this behavior can make for a productive workflow in you case, it would otherwise break completely the way the program behaves now - it would be impossible for one turning on another layer to continue painting where he was previously. In contrast, activating the newly visible layer is just a matter of one additional click for who wants this to happen. So I think your request is not feasible in the way it stands. On a connected issue, there is a somewhat hidden feature regarding activating layers: in the preferences dialog, on the tool options, you can set the Move tool to automatically select the moved layer (that is not the default behavior) - and on the "Image Windows" tab of the preferences, you can set the Space bar to switch temporarily to the Move tool (instead of the default 'pan') - in that way, you can have a fast and agile workflow to change the active layer, by pressing space and clicking on a part of the image on the desired layer. Regards, js -><- > -- > Thierry Maes > > _______________________________________________ > 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
