Philip Stubbs wrote: > On 09/03/07, Ben Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> GIMP has a dialog called "images", which most of you are probably aware >> of. Have you ever considered using it somewhat like the Windows >> taskbar? I have docked it to my main toolbox and use it to switch >> between open images as opposed to trying to locate the proper button on >> the taskbar. The image dialog offers previews, which are very helpful, >> and allows one to work with GIMP as if it were self-contained. Using >> this in conjunction with a virtual desktop leads to the best solution I >> have found so far. > Good tip. I've been using GIMP for years on Windows/Linux, and never noticed that dialog. I wish is was just a single click to bring up and image instead of a double-click. Then you could tie a keyboard shortcut to the dialog, and just single-click the image. Any reason it's a double-click? Any devs reading this?
> What I do at the moment is I have the main gimp window running down > the right hand side of my screen, with all the dialogs docked in it. I > arrange them in groups much the same as they appear in the dialogs > menu. I cant stand it when there are multiple floating dialogs. Makes > finding the correct window a real pain. > That's exactly what I do as well. And I bounce around the dialogs with keyboard shortcuts. Works great. That along with VirtuaWin (virtual desktops) for Windows seems to keep things manageable on Windows. EP _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user