From 1f48fdabbc12caf33415c1af0137b4daa97a9da6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jehan Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:11:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: update with GimpSpinScale usability updates. --- NEWS | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f09bde4e21..a5d8c9df74 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -22,12 +22,30 @@ Core: User Interface: - - GimpSpinScale will grab focus when starting to edit the entry, and - in particular the current number will be fully selected (because - often we want to just type down a completely different number - accurately). Also when giving focus to the entry with the cursor - (middle click), it doesn't click on the scale (i.e. value doesn't - change). + - GimpSpinScale widget improvements: + * The widget will grab focus when starting to edit the entry, and + in particular the current number will be fully selected (because + often we want to just type down a completely different number + accurately). + * Also when giving focus to the entry with middle click (from + anywhere inside the widget), the scale value doesn't change in the + same time anymore. + * Finally we can now target-click accurately the entry current value + to edit the entry (again, without changing the value and selecting + existing number fully) with the main button (usually left button). + Even though middle click is simpler because we don't have to be + accurate (we can middle-click anywhere in the spin scale widget), + it is hardly discoverable, whereas clicking a number entry which + is meant to be editable is the most common GUI interaction + expectation. + * To help feature discoverability, when hovering the widget, the + cursor will change and show a "grab" cursor when a click would + start an absolute edit (the cursor changes to "grabbing" when + actually clicking and dragging the scale) or a "text" cursor when + a click would focus the number entry. When Shift key is being + hold, the cursor is the one for the relative edit, wherever the + position over the widget. This should make discovering possible + interactions with the widget a lot easier. - Various improvements in the Layers dockable (and similar tree view widgets): * The bigger thumbnail popup on long click (e.g. on a layer or mask