GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 347945
New rectangle selection displays wrong previous selection area when resizing
Last modified: 2006-08-10 19:06:44 UTC
Please describe the problem: When moving or resizing an existing rectangle selection the previous selection is rendered as a stippled line enclosing the old area. This often does not match the previously selected area. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a new rectangle selection 2. resize it to whatever size seems apropiate 3. stop resizing/moving by releasing the mouse button. 4. press the left mouse button on the area of the selection 5. try to resize the rectangle selection again, now the previously selected rectangle shown 6. stop resizing 7. resize again. Now the selected area back from step 4 still is shown as previous selection rectangle. Actual results: Expected results: I'd expect the previous selection to reflect the time when I last time let the left mouse button go after finishing resizing the area. Does this happen every time? Yes Other information:
Hmm. The area that you see outlined is the selection you would get if you hit "Esc" to cancel the tool, or it you did Edit->Undo. So in that sense it *is* the previous selection. However if many people think this behavior is annoying or undesirable, it could certainly be changed.
As it turns out, many people *do* think that the behavior is annoying or undesirable. Thanks for the bug report. 2006-08-10 Bill Skaggs <weskaggs@primate.ucdavis.edu> * app/tools/gimprectangleselecttool.[ch]: if the user is modifying a rectangle and the mode is REPLACE, don't show the marching ants for the previous selection, because it confuses users. Should fix bug #347945.