GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 152048
Crop tool dialog improvements
Last modified: 2005-11-10 19:07:58 UTC
In the crop tool dialog I would like to see the right and bottom values so that one can resize the box from right or bottom And, I would like to be able to set the edges affected by the automatic resizing (not sure of the labels I use a FR version) -- Automatic Resizing -- [x] from left | [x] from right | [x] from top | [x] from bottom | ________ | [_Resize_] | ------------------------
Created attachment 45735 [details] new version of Crop dialog box I know it is not pretty, but you get the idea ;-)
Another improvement could be the position and the *size* of that dialog box. using Gimp 2.2.6 (on Ubuntu Hoary, Gnome 2.10.0), it always popup right over the image I am cropping, that'a bit annoying. Don't know if external links are allowed, but you can see what I mean here : http://www.palmbavardages.net/tuto_ubuntu/gimp_crop.htm (in French, the first screenshot at the top of the page) Also, it is a very huge windows for a rather simple activity, is it possible to change its form, something like in the screenshot I put in the previous comment ?
Just a note that this tool is being completely redesigned for GIMP 2.4, and the new design should give you almost everything you ask for. The controls will be inside the tool options rather than in a separate dialog. They will set the edge coordinates rather than the width and height; however, this can be overridden by setting a "constraint" on the width, height, aspect ratio, or center.
It would also be nice if the dialog could pop-up at a more fitting location - that is, _not_ on top of the area being cropped. Also, focus should be placed on the "Crop" button on the dialog, so that it would be sufficent to select the crop area and press enter to perform a crop operation.
If the dialog pops up over the image window, then that is the fault of your window manager. We tell it to place the dialog exactly where you moved it last time that it was used. Putting the focus anywhere but the first entry would be completely counterproductive. The entries should perhaps have the "activates-default" property set so that pressing Enter activates the default action of the dialog.
Thanks for the feedback. As you mention, the dialog pops up where it was last put. But the first time (in a session) crop is used, the dialog is placed in the middle of the screen(which is where I usually put the images). As for your second comment, placing focus on "Origin X:" does not make a lot of sense in terms of usability even if it is the first entry in the dialog. Putting it on either "Resize" or "Crop" would be more useful IMO. Another suggestion is to make the entire Crop/Resize dialog optional. Most of the time one can get by with mouse selection.
Jan-Harald, if you had read the previous comments you would know that the dialog is scheduled for removal.
The makeover has started in CVS, and the options now appear in the tool options (no popup dialog anymore). Closing as fixed, feel free to re-open if something is missing.