Once you have selected what kind of new layer you want, simply hitting the return (enter) afterward will give you a layer of the kind you choose last. As someone who uses GIMP for product photography, I often want a new white layer rather than a transparent one. My 2p. On 23 Mar 2015 17:18, "Joseph Bupe" <joseph.bupe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The create a new layer button in the layers tab always pops up a dialog > box. Like the bucket fill tool, I wonder how many use this pop-up dialog to > determine whether the layer should be bg, fg colour filled or transparent. > > IMO, the new layer button should just create a new transparent layer. The > dialog window should be optional. > > Regards. > > Joseph > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list