[Gimp-developer] Enhancement Proposal: Add a temporary magnifier

[peter sikking]

Mark Lowry wrote:

> It would be useful to add a temporary magnifying
> window that would provide a zoomed-in view of the
> area immediately surrounding the cursor.

like this?

<http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/20051219_fg5.jpg>

assigned to a spring-loaded key (push down: magnifier
appears, release: disappears). Settings need to be adjustable
on the fly, hmmm. magnified area can stay out of the way
automatically, without jumpy behaviour, like magic.

     --ps

         principal user interaction architect
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