[Gimp-developer] momentary shortcut to the zoom tool?

[Simon Budig]

Sven Neumann (sven at gimp.org) wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 10:25 -0400, Daniel Falk wrote:
> > There doesn't seem to be a way to temporarily switch to the zoom tool
> > while a button is pressed.  For example if I hold down ctrl + space, it
> > would switch to the zoom tool, I could click-drag a rectangle to zoom,
> > and let up on the ctrl + space, and it would switch back to the tool
> > that was selected previously.  
> 
> There is code in GIMP to temporarily switch tools. We used to use it for
> switching to the Move tool when Space is being pressed (this can still
> be enabled in the Preferences). I guess that code could be used to
> implement the described behavior. But I can't tell if that is a good
> idea or not. Or if it is likely to collide with other tools. Or with
> changes planned for other tools.

I am actually unsure if the Zoom tool really should be a tool. It is the
only tool that does not affect the image, but the display of the image
(the measure-tool at least lets you create guides).

At least for me it is an annoyance: I never really use it and if I use
it I am annoyed that it does not switch back to the previously used
tool.

I tend to think that it should be moved to the display of the image to
make it easier to fluently change the view/zoom on the image without
interrupting the current workflow.

--> UI team  :)

Bye,
        Simon
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