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

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 16:50 +0000, David Marrs wrote:
> I really like the idea. It sounds like a shortcut for an operation I perform all 
> the time:
> 
> 1. Create a new view
> 2. Zoom right in on a point I want to edit.
> 3. Do operation
> 4. Close view.

Wouldn't it be easier if you could quickly zoom in (and back out again
to the previous zoom level) without having to open a new view for this?
In the SVN version you can already revert to previous zoom level. What's
the point of doing this in a separate window?


Sven