[Gimp-developer] Dropping two images from Gqview --> Gimp

[Brendan]

On Monday 03 November 2008, Alec Burgess wrote:
> Alexandre Prokoudine (alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com) wrote (in part)
>
> (on 2008-11-03 at 17:39):
> >  > Dropping on the Emtpy Image Window opens as layers (just as
> >
> >  dropping on
> >
> >  > > an already open image).
> >  > >
> >  > > To open them as separate images, drop on the toolbox instead.
> >
> >  Doh! This should go to user manual for 2.6+  :-)  Thanks for telling!
>
> As a Windows user had never heard of Gqview (though I see there is a
> Windows port available)
>
> Original post appears to be equivalent to dragging multiple files from
> Windows Explorer. If attempting this it is (IMO) important to set
> Preferences-Window Management-Hint for toolbox to [Normal window]. If
> its' hint is set to [Utility window] then nothing appears on the taskbar
> and the Toolbox is likely to be hidden making it AFAICT impossible to
> drag multiple files and have them open as separate images.

Yes, that is what I was hinting at.
Thank you.