Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 03/28/2015 10:40 AM, Elle Stone wrote:
> On 03/27/2015 09:59 AM, Joseph Bupe wrote:
> > It would be better to have short-cut menu that corresponds to the layer
> > content. That way issues like this one wouldn't arise.
> > For instance, if I have a selection with matching ants, the menu would
> > have options like:
> > - fill selection with fg colour
> > - fill selection with bg colour
> > - stroke selection
> > etc
> > IMO, the current short-cut menu isn't so helpful.
> > joseph
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean by a "short-cut menu that
> corresponds to the layer content".

A context menu that acts like a real context menu, i.e. shows options
that are most relevant to the current context either exclusively or at
least in some kind of prominent position, e.g. at the top. This has been
discussed a few times already, but not real plans or work have been done
yet.

A downside is that it would change the order of the option in the latter
case (think of e.g. the Select menu being sorted to the menu bottom is
there is no selection) and not show some at all in the former case (if
e.g. all disabled options would not be shown at all in GIMP menus).


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Regards,
Michael
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