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Bug 121294 - the measure tool only knows about pixels as a unit
the measure tool only knows about pixels as a unit
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
git master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: 2.2
Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
Daniel Egger
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-02 20:21 UTC by Jakub Steiner
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
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Description Jakub Steiner 2003-09-02 20:21:35 UTC 
Somebody requested seeing distances in milimeters instead of pixels in the
measure tool's status bar. 

Perhaps this could be a global preference 'default unit' instead of
measture tool option. This unit would then be default for all dialogs and
tool options.
Comment 1 Dave Neary 2003-09-02 21:03:41 UTC 
Perhaps it's a little difficult to find, but if you turn off "Dot for
dot" in the <Image>->View menu, the measure tool then works in the
default image unit (which is Inches by default, but can be set to
millimeters in the New Image preferences window). This setting can
also be modified on the fly in <Image>->Image->Scale Image, in the
"Print and new unit settings" frame.

You can even have a view with pixels and a view with millimeters,
since "dot for dot" is a per-view setting. The units, however, are
per-image, so it is not possible to see the same image with inches and
millimeters, for example.

Dave.