Re: [Gimp-user] layers, new problem with old methods

[Gary Aitken <gimp dreamchaser org>]

On 01/22/13 07:59, Richard Gitschlag wrote:

> > Floats "belong to" whatever layer or mask was current when the clipboard content was pasted in.
> > You can only do two things with a float: Make it a new layer by
> > using the 'add layer' command, or use the 'anchor' command to merge
> > it down into whatever layer or mask was already selected when the
> > float was pasted into the image.
>
> That is correct, but because the Layers dialog displays the float at the top
> of the entire layer stack there is no visual indication in the dialog of which
> layer it belongs to.  If we merely changed the display of the dialog so that
> the float is always displayed just above its source layer (actual functionality
> unaffected), this would make it more intuitive to the user.

While voting doesn't count ;-), I would second that as a suggestion.  I've meant
to make the same comment before.

Gary