I only wish the free select tool had a toggle option for drawing guides (horizontal, vertical diagonal) more like how the free select operates could be better.
On 9 May 2016 at 22:30, C R <caj...@gmail.com> wrote: > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> This message is eligible > for Automatic Cleanup! (caj...@gmail.com) Add cleanup rule > <https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Ftoken%3DFPZHzlg7njJ8kaCtLgbu1X0sbFUzsakM6iicf2y%252BdAqyRShyntY3ESzF5nkShtSOrlwqLvqV%252BoCiR6KvZuiMyvwaMsUxmUQDA7%252FNEcc04DZIHyrGG6H07Lm6yDsv7lXQ2xgkiFWus4k%253D%26key%3D4QSXEmNjvuiZLErzLh9kBcKgfPiCvLBfOwTf%252B1GQ8fY%253D&tc_serial=25347060476&tc_rand=1012226460&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001> > | More info > <http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=25347060476&tc_rand=1012226460&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001> > > What would be nice is a manual entry box for moving the measure tool > markers around (in the Tool Options for measure). This way you could type > in the exact value(s) you want, and use ctrl-click and alt-click to make > your markers how you like with better precision than the mouse pointer > allows. > > Just a thought. > -C > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:23 PM, wwp <subscr...@free.fr> wrote: > > > Hello C, > > > > > > On Mon, 9 May 2016 21:02:21 +0100 C R <caj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > This is also sub-function of the measure tool. > > > To create a horizontal guide, place a marker on the spot, and > ctrl-click > > it > > > To create a vertical guide, place a marker on the spot and alt-click it > > > > Nice too, thanks for the tip! :-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:54 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine < > > > alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:47 PM, wwp wrote: > > > > > Hello there, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if the idea of a point-and-click tool to create guides > could > > > > > be a good one? > > > > > > > > > > The idea there is to directly create guides with a minimum number > of > > > > > clicks in order to speed up a production process. It is based upon > my > > > > > (long, subjective and perfectible) experience w/ the Gimp 2.x. > > > > > > > > > > The way of doing it could be, for instance: in one click you pick > the > > > > > create-guide tool from the side dock, then you click on the image: > > > > > it creates a horizontal or vertical guide at this click's x or y - > > > > > horizontal or vertical axis could be determined using ctrl or shift > > > > > modifier. Clicking in the margin (outside the layer boundary) could > > be > > > > > even more intuitive, up/down margin to create vertical guides, > > > > > left/right to create horizontal ones, still for instance. While > > moving > > > > > the mouse pointer with this tool, a "live" guide shadow could be > > > > > displayed, in order to provide a visual clue about the guide > location > > > > > that you validate when you click to create it. > > > > > > > > > > Any thought? > > > > > > > > Just to make sure I get it right... > > > > > > > > Instead of > > > > > > > > 1. Hovering your mouse pointer over the ruler. > > > > 2. Clicking, dragging, and releasing the mouse button to create a new > > > > guide. > > > > > > > > ...you want > > > > > > > > 1. Hover your mouse pointer over the toolbox above the > > > > 'point-and-click tool' and click it. > > > > 2. Go to the location where you want a guide and use a modifier to > > > > create either vertical or horizontal (or both) guides. > > > > > > > > Unless I'm terribly mistaken, that's about the same amount of step in > > > > comparison to something that has been around for years :) You you get > > > > guide position preview too. > > > > > > > > Hmmm? :) > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gimp-developer-list mailing list > > > > List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org > > > > List membership: > > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > > > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gimp-developer-list mailing list > > > List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org > > > List membership: > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > > > > -- > > wwp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gimp-developer-list mailing list > > List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org > > List membership: > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > > _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list