Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 04/03/2015 07:44 AM, Gez wrote:
> El dom, 29-03-2015 a las 11:53 -0400, Elle Stone escribió:
>
> > What you just described - shift-click the new layer button plus dragging
> > the foreground/background color - works perfectly, MUCH better than
> > using the new layer dialog. Thanks! Many thanks!! By comparision, using
> > the new layer dialog really is cumbersome.
>
>
> Dragging bg/fg colors to the editing area is definitely a handy option
> in GIMP, and it also has predefined keystrokes (ctrl+. and ctrl+,).
> iirc the keystrokes are the same that PS uses.
> If clicking just created a transparent layer, it would be much faster
> and less disrupting to fill the new layer afterwards when it's required.
> The only situation that would require an extra click is filling with
> white if other BG/FG colors are set, but it's just one click away.
>
>
> > Where's the documentation for these two shortcuts? I did a quick
> > internet search and didn't find any tutorials or documentation regarding
> > "shift-click" plus "drag the color".
>
> GIMP official docs:
>
> http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tools.html#gimp-toolbox-areas
>
> The shift-click on the new layer button is not documented though, it's
> only available as a tooltip
>
> http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-dialogs-structure.html#gimp-layer-dialog
>
>
> The docs also say that "A good way to visualize a GIMP image is as a
> stack of transparencies: in GIMP terminology, each individual
> transparency is called a layer."
>
> http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-image-combining.html#gimp-concepts-layers
>
> I think that makes a reasonable case for a default using transparency
> and putting the extra options in a second level.
>
> As I said earlier, Tobias' proposal allows that keeping discoverability
> and reducing workflow interruptions.

As long as shift-click and dragging a color to the new layer keeps on 
working, changing the new layer dialog doesn't present any problem that 
I can see.

In case anyone else doesn't already know this, if you have a selection 
made, dragging the color to the layer fills the selection. It's a very 
convenient shortcut.

Elle