Not sure if this has been discussed before, but after reading the article at
http://www.advogato.com/article/239.html I noticed this paragraph (on the
subject of keyboard shortcuts):
PhotoShop is slightly superior (for the moment) in that it has temporary
tool assignment. You can have a paint brush tool active, and if you push
and hold the space bar, the active tool becames the hand (for panning). The
moment the space bar is released, the paint brush (or whatever the previous
tool was) becomes active again. Alt while Zooming changes to Zoom Out, Ctrl
to Zoom In. To be fair, Gimp also uses temporary tool assignment in places,
but I picked PhotoShop as the prime example because it is more complete and
far reaching throughout the program, at this moment in time.
This is a simple idea, that has been implemented partially (as noted, though
something like the middle button for panning works great in the gimp for me!),
but I have seen a lot of places where it would make a lot of sense to put in
more of these temporary tools. The zoom is a prime example.
Any chance of this technology becoming more widespread throughout the gimp?
Arc
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