Re: [Gimp-gui] gimp-gui-list Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1

[Jehan <jehan girinstud io>]

Hi,

On 2016-09-28 15:12, Joseph Bupe wrote:
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:37:45 +0200
> > From: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
> > To: gimp-gui-list gnome org
> > Subject: [Gimp-gui] Paths should be visible by default
> > Message-ID: <a8112ac72dcf00c043d7664402767dd2 girinstud io>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Right now paths are made invisible on creation, which means so see
> > it
> > when you have the path tool activated, but as soon as you choose
> > another
> > tool, it looks like it disappeared:
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708124 [1]
> >
> > Actually it is there, simply not visible. Solution is to click on
> > the
> > "eye" icon on the path dock.
> >
> > I think this makes no sense. Anything new should be visible by
> > default
> > (for instance you don't make a layer invisible as a default!).
> >
> > Could we agree on changing this or was there a secret reason for
> > this
> > weird behavior?
> >
> > Jehan
>
> Also, shouldn't we just have the Paths Layers within the Layers
> dialog, then provide "Layer type" option to choose what type of layer
> to add through that pop-up dialog.

Paths are not layers, neither in the code nor conceptually (well you 
could stretch the concept, I guess, but y first idea would not put these 
on the same conceptual level). So no, I don't think so.

Jehan

> 1. Pixels Layer (as default)
>
> 2. Paths Layer
>
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708124
>
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