Re: [Gimp-user] grouping multiple layers

[Gary Aitken <gimp dreamchaser org>]

On 02/09/15 07:03, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
> Of course, the documentation in this case is an obvious mismatch to
> what the program does.
> The current behavior is useless, under any workflow I try to imagine (after all,
> if the layers are to be flattened, there is no reason for place them
> in a group to start with);

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had trouble with my imagination...

> Anyway, the "right" fix for this wouldbe to allow multiple item selection, as
> Alex puts it.
>
> Meanwhile, I've put together this small Python script that does just that:
> move the selected (linked) layers to a target (active) layer group.
>
> Just copy it to your plug-ins folder, and mark it as executable (not
> needed under windos)
> http://fpaste.org/183299/

Muito obrigado, Joao!

Gary

> On 8 February 2015 at 17:38, Alexandre Prokoudine
> <alexandre prokoudine gmail com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Gary Aitken wrote:
> >
> > > When you say some preliminary work has been done there, are you
> > > referring to the chain / link that appears in the layers dialog?
> >
> > No, it's been there for ages :)
> >
> > I'm talking about how you can make multiple selections of assets
> > (brushes, gradients and so on), if you switch their view to 'list'
> > rather than 'icon'. It should work for all kinds of lists including
> > layers, and for assets it shouldn't be limited to the list view. It
> > just hasn't been done yet. Like every feature, it needs a contributor
> > to write actual code.