GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 561576
Modifier key to create new layer from floating selection
Last modified: 2018-05-24 12:27:36 UTC
I propose to implement the following behaviour: While working on a floating selection, clicking outside the floating selection with a modifier key pressed ("Alt" seems to be free for that at the moment), a new layer shall be created in the same way as pressing the "new layer" button in the layers dialog. Current status: When the mouse is outside the floating selection, a single click will anchor the floating selection to its current "parent" layer. This behaviour is also announced in the status bar. Rationale: Creating a new layer from a floating selection is needed about as often (if not more often) as anchoring it. Thus a handy way to do this without moving the mouse across the desktop should be provided. There seems to be a default shortcut for this already (Ctrl+Shit+N), but esp. for tablet users a single click would be faster. Alt+click doesn't seem to be used for anything special at the moment yet.
Starting with "I propose to implement the following behaviour:" is enough to close this as invalid and point on the gimp-developer mailing list ;)
While I completely agree on closing the bug (the preferred procedure is to discuss thingsforst on the mailing list for new features), I was actually thinking about exactly the same while refactoring the floating selection. There are two possible scenarios when you have a floating selection: you anchor it or your create a new layer from it, and both should be accessible in an easy way from within the display which does not involve the layers dialog. The final goal is to eliminate the floating selection annoyance from the layers dialog, and then some form of tool (and of course menu plus shortcut) interaction will be the only way to deal with the floating thing. A modifier for clicking outside the floating selection is probably a completely reasonable thing to implement, and it would come with statusbar hint and mouse cursor change. Reopening and setting milestone so I don't forget about this during the refactoring. Please keep the discussion in the thread on gimp-developer anyway.
No discussion on gimp-developer took place as far as I know, and we have to focus on other things for 2.8 now. Moving to 2.10 where we will have time to attack the floating selection again.
On our roadmap we have this for 3.4, putting on Future for now
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