[Gimp-developer] Behavior when saving a selection to channel

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 15:38 +0100, peter sikking wrote:

> what I first of all think is that the channels dialog needs to be
> split in two: a channels dialog and a stored-selections dialog.

Having them in one dialog is admittedly somewhat confusing, but it is an
established standard for pixel manipulation programs. I don't think we
should change that. It would only waste space.

> saving a selection to channels (or better, selections) should have
> feedback:
> 
> - blinking the channels/selections dialog: good
> - showing the channels/selections dialog as the top: rather not
> - making in the channels dialog case the new selection/channel the
>    the active drawable: no.

We should also display a message in the status-bar telling the user that
the selection has been copied along wit the name that was chosen for it.


Sven