[Gimp-developer] change layout of mode menus?

[jEsuSdA 8)]

Bill Skaggs wrote:
> One of the minor annoyances of using Gimp is that the Layer Mode
> menu (and paint mode menu, etc) is unpleasantly long -- for me, it
> nearly extends from the top to the bottom of the screen.  It
> would actually be very easy to change the code so that these menus
> are laid out in two columns, and in my opinion they look nicer that
> way.  I am attaching a screenshot showing how it looks.  (Hopefully
> the attachment will come through.)
> 


> I should say that the disadvantage is that it's hard to maintain the
> separators that divided the modes into categories -- it would be
> possible, but coding it would be a significant pita.  It seems to me
> that the separators are not that important, because the categories
> are pretty artificial in the first place, and were really imposed mostly
> to give the very long list some structure, as far as I can see.  But this
> is something that you should consider.

I think the separators are important.
And the categories are full of sense.

About create two columns, I think it may be a nice idea, but I have no 
problem with only one column.

May be could be possible make two columns but mantaining separators.

> 
> Anyway, I would like to make this change, and I wonder if there are
> objections.
> 
>   -- Bill
> 

Salu2 de jEsuSdA 8)

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