Re: [Gimp-developer] [usability wishlist] Fixing the off-screen immovable text tool

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 18:52 +0200, Lauri Kasanen wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> Screenshot of the issue: http://i46.tinypic.com/1zmfn0g.png
> 
> If you try to add text to the right edge, part of the inline text tool is off-screen and so inaccessible.
> 
> To me, the bad initial positioning wouldn't be so bad if the tool were movable, but it's not.
> 
> 
> To fix this, I would propose two things:
> - adding smart placement, so it would always start fully visible
> - making it movable, so the user can still move it to a better place
> 
> On the IRC I was told this wasn't a bug, so posting here for comments. Personally I consider it a usability bug ;)

Of course it's a bug, here it is:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675409

--Mitch