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Bug 314225 - Have single window instead of multiple windows for tools/layers/etc...
Have single window instead of multiple windows for tools/layers/etc...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 7379
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
git master
Other All
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
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Reported: 2005-08-22 23:45 UTC by red_dragon_tattoo
Modified: 2005-08-23 00:00 UTC
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Description red_dragon_tattoo 2005-08-22 23:45:22 UTC 
Many Windows users have had trouble with The GIMP's multiple user interface.
This issue may have already been addressed in the upcoming release, but I
thought I should just mention it anyway.

Joe Marshall created a plugin (http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=3892) that
gives The GIMP a background window which contains all other windows. It makes
things look alot neater. The only problem is, the main window's menu is for the
plugin and not for The Gimp, which makes it a little confusing for users.

I suggest that The Gimp have this single window feature as part of the standard
interface that can be turned on or off in its settings (on by default). The main
(backkground) window's menu bar will then be what the existing menu bar on The
GIMP's tools window is. This will give The GIMP a Photoshop feel to it.

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Comment 1 Manish Singh 2005-08-22 23:49:34 UTC 
For all the people asking for it, nobody actually seems to want it badly enough
to actually implement it in a sane fashion.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7379 ***
Comment 2 Sven Neumann 2005-08-23 00:00:39 UTC 
And then, you can already put tools/layers/etc... into a single window using the
dockable system, so the bug summary was very misleading.