Re: [Gimp-gui] Make the selected tool default to the Color Picker instead of the last tool used

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 11/09/2015 10:17 AM, Jehan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2015-11-05 21:24, Elle Stone wrote:
> > I went into Preferences and put every possible tool in the toolbox and
> > checked to see what happens upon hovering over the image.
>
> I've created this Wiki page where I reported your very helpful list:
> http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Tools_generic_ui_workgroup
>
> My proposition (basically yours too) is that every tool could
> consistently have an icon (top-right of the cursor) unless they already
> have a unique and recognizable icon. Also they should have status text,
> as you note too.
>
> I will pass this through Mitch to validate but I'm pretty sure he will
> agree (or you can answer, if you read this, Mitch). This is quite simple
> and straightforward but meaningful.
>
> So now what we miss are the texts and the missing icons (which would
> likely be nearly the same ones as the toolbox version, but monochrome).
> See under cursors/ directory for style and size. Basically you will see
> various icons like tool-*.png. Let's make the missing ones (like
> tool-brightness-contrast.png, etc.).

On my default GIMP 2.9 installation, all the tools that were available 
to put in the toolbox already have icons, including the 
Brightness/Contrast tool. Maybe this varies from one theme to another? 
I'm using the default "Small" theme.

Also all the tools in the toolbox have text that appears when hovering 
over the tool icons in the toolbox. The existing text seems just fine 
for putting in the status bar. It would reduce the task of translators 
if the same text is used in both places, on hover over the tool and in 
the task bar.

Elle