Re: [Gimp-user] Layer Opacity Access Point(s) Madness

[Brendan Scott <disposableemail apps opensourcelaw biz>]

On 08/31/2013 05:28 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 12:22 +0200, Michael Natterer wrote:
> >
> > > > I think the OP is concerned because the opacity slider does not affect the
> > > > active layer.
> >
> > It does.
> >
> > The UI would be massively clearer if the opacity slider was moved down
> > under the other layer-specific controls and maybe under the list of
> > layers, or under the actual layer name - it's not obvious today that the
> > opacity slider applies to the layer selected in the list beneath it.
>
> IMO, this is worth thinking about. Right now it's not possible to have
> an overlook of each layer's opacity. OTOH, one might argue a visible
> slider for each layer would clutter UI.

I think the opacity (display) widget should be a small (eg 10x2 or  20x4 pixel) progress bar for each layer.
While I'm at it, a lock widget could be a similarly small green (unlocked) or red (locked) round button. It 
doesn't need to actually look like a lock.