Re: [Gimp-gui] About the "floating selection"

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:20 AM Jehan wrote:

> # Proposition
>
> So our idea (at ZeMarmot project) would be:
>
> - When pasting on a layer, just create a new layer over the selected
> ones. Done. No floating selection anymore.

Yes.

> - When pasting on a layer mask, still make a floating selection (but
> probably name it "Floating mask" because the name "Floating *selection*"
> is weird anyway).

I don't understand the workflow where editing a future mask separately
in a whole different layer is required.

If the contents of the mask need to be edited, this is done by
displaying the mask over the drawable. There is a command for that,
it's easy to locate.

So if a mask is selected, paste right into the mask, enable that mask
view mode, and edit away, then disable the mask viewing mode. End of
story.

Alex