[Gimp-developer] Re: rectangle select tool specification

[Kevin Cozens]

Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> In some other editor, the rectangle can be modified only by
> grabbing the 8 handles located at the corners and at the
> middle of edges. (That is an unnecessary limitation.)
>
> The handles may confuse users if really the grabbing can be done by
> clicking in anywhere on the edge. (That is the preferred way to do it
> since the first interactive graphics system was written.)
> The handles should be removed.

The "handles" aren't really handles like they are in many other software 
packages where you have to grab them to adjust the size of a selection.

In 2.3/CVS GIMP, the "handles" are four (yes, only four) tiny squares which 
appear in the inside corners of the selection. This provides a visual cue that 
the selection area can be altered. You need this cue since it is easy to 
toggle a selection between a fixed and alterable state.

When a selection is editable you move the cursor near an edge or corner of the 
selction. When you are close to the edge or corner the cursor changes to 
indicate that you can move that edge or corner of the selection (once you hold 
the left-mouse button down and drag that is).

I think this is a much easier method of resizing a selection than having to 
grab one of the 8 little handles that are used in most other programs.

-- 
Cheers!

Kevin.

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