Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 28/03/15 11:46, Michael Schumacher wrote:
> 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). 

These contextual menus are a mixed blessing. Of course they make things 
simple, but it can be somewhat too simple. How will new users discover 
options or functionalities that are new to them(*)? The people who 
really benefit from this are the advanced users but they don't really 
care...


(*) taking that to an extreme: you wouldn't see the bump map filter 
until you have at least two layers of the same size in your image, or 
"Text along path" unless you have already created a path....