https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505788
Bug ID: 505788
Summary: Menu that shows when drag and drop image into canvas
needlessly long
Classification: Applications
Product: krita
Version First git master (please specify the git hash!)
Reported In:
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Usability
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When you drag and drop an image (or multiple images) from e.g. Dolphin into a
Krita canvas, the popup menu that appears is about twice as big as it needs to
be, with seemingly duplicated menu entries, half of which are disabled.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Instance 1:
1. Run Krita
2. Start a new image
3. Drag and drop a single image file from e.g. Dolphin into the canvas
and
Instance 2:
1. Run Krita
2. Start a new document
3. Drag and drop multiple image files (in one drag operation) from e.g. Dolphin
into the canvas
OBSERVED RESULT
A menu appears with the following entries:
- Insert as New Layer
- Insert as New File Layer
- Open in New Document
- Insert as Reference Image
- Insert Many Layers
- Insert Many File Layers
- Open Many Documents
- Insert as Reference Images
- Cancel
Menu entries 5 to 8 are disabled in the first instance, menu entries 1 to 4 are
disabled in the second, but otherwise the menu is identical in both instances.
EXPECTED RESULT
A menu to appear as the following in the first instance (with no disabled
entries):
- Insert as New Layer
- Insert as New File Layer
- Open in New Document
- Insert as Reference Image
- Cancel
A menu to appear as the following in the second instance (with no disabled
entries):
- Insert Many Layers
- Insert Many File Layers
- Open Many Documents
- Insert as Reference Images
- Cancel
In other words, rather than having a long menu with some entries disabled and
some enabled, have two different short menus with equivalent entries in the
same locations, just slightly differently worded. I think this would be better
for usability - smaller on screen, less to glance at, read, and parse, and less
cognitive load wondering why half the entries are greyed out.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250617
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.2-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Krita Version: 6.0.0-prealpha (git 79b3845)
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