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Bug 759814 - Make the drop targets more discoverable
Make the drop targets more discoverable
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
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Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
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Reported: 2015-12-23 16:54 UTC by Jehan
Modified: 2018-05-24 15:59 UTC
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Description Jehan 2015-12-23 16:54:53 UTC 
When dragging an image into GIMP, we have several drop targets, and 2 in particular:

- the canvas: opens a new image if none are opened, otherwise as a layer in the currently focused image;
- the toolbox: always opens as a new image.

The canvas target is quite discoverable because it is big, the "center" of the GIMP UI, hence a logical try. But I find the drop in the toolbox in particular to be quite hidden. I always have questions of how to open new images by dnd reliably.

Isn't it possible to highlight the main drop targets when a drag is in progress, with big overlay texts "Open New Images" over the toolbox and "Open as Layers" over the canvas?
Comment 1 Michael Natterer 2016-01-04 18:05:02 UTC 
Not a bad idea, but quite an effort, and clearly an enhancement :)
Comment 2 Eneko Castresana Vara 2016-01-21 00:57:32 UTC 
I noticed the cursor already reacts accordingly when hovering the different zones. Is the proposal still wanted?
Comment 3 Eneko Castresana Vara 2016-01-21 00:59:09 UTC 
(In reply to Eneko Castresana Vara from comment #2)
> I noticed the cursor already reacts accordingly when hovering the different
> zones. Is the proposal still wanted?

My mistake, this looks like a Gnome feature.
Comment 4 Michael Natterer 2016-01-21 07:19:36 UTC 
No it's a default GTK+ feature.
Comment 5 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 15:59:20 UTC 
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