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

[Jakub Steiner]

Hi Gimpers,
allow me to join the brainstorm. As the loupe tool seems to be most
useful for making pixel-perfect selections while retaining a global view
on the image, what if the selection tools provided that functionality?

When creating or resizing selections, the loupe would show up after
holding the mouse button for a certain amount of time, automatically.
Alternatively it could be a checkbox in the tool's preferences. 

I also believe the preview is more useful being rectangular rather than
round.

cheers

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Jakub Steiner <jimmac at ximian.com>