GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 612931
Moving individual layer in layer group not possible with Move Tool in 'pick a layer' mode
Last modified: 2011-08-20 16:11:56 UTC
Assume you've a layer group with several layer inside. With any tool, acting on one layer will modify only this one. But with the move tool, all the grouped layers are affected. This is not consistent. Linking layers or multiselection in layer window should be preferred.
Layer group handling is simply unfinished.
Created attachment 165595 [details] [review] Allow moving individual layers in a layer group
lo Gilles It sounds good and i applied it. It builds well but it seems that the behavior stills the same. In fact it behave well if the "move current layer" only is checked but not if the first "pick a layer" (fr:"pointer un calque actif").
Hi Cedric, That very little patch only intends to fix a minor problem with the option "pick a layer", it doesn't change anything else. If the "move current layer" is selected, you can move the whole group or any single layer inside the group (by selecting it of course) If the option "pick a layer" is activated, when you try to pick a layer inside a layer group it fails; you can only move the whole group not a single layer inside the group. I tried the following experiment : 1/ create a new image 2/ create a group and put the new image inside 3/ create a new layer (I use transparent layer) 4/ Draws something on each layer 5/ enable the "pick a layer" option, and try to move each layer of the group by clicking on part of the image. So, you can't move only one single layer, it always moves the whole group of layers.
Review of attachment 165595 [details] [review]: Sounds as if the patch needs-work
*** Bug 639307 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 194287 [details] [review] 0001-Bug-612931-Moving-individual-layer-in-layer-group-no.patch This is really Gilles patch but the "proper" solution, and it seems to work fine.
Comment on attachment 194287 [details] [review] 0001-Bug-612931-Moving-individual-layer-in-layer-group-no.patch Looks perfect to me.
commit 80beaa6b5a78feca3f8173f27a838120f25eca0f Author: Martin Nordholts <martinn@src.gnome.org> Date: Sat Aug 20 15:01:46 2011 +0200 Bug 612931 - Moving individual layer in layer group not possible with Move Tool in 'pick a layer' mode When using GimpPickable::get_opacity_at(), don't consider group layers as having content.
Review of attachment 165595 [details] [review]: Rejected since another fix was pushed. Thanks for the patch anyway.
Review of attachment 194287 [details] [review]: commited