Pasting several times anchors previous floating selections
@Jehan
Submitted by Jehan Link to original bug (#775734)
Description
Steps:
- Open an image;
- paste data from another image => it creates a floating selection above your previously active layer;
- paste again.
Result: the first floating selection is anchored to the previously active layer and a new floating selection is created for the new paste.
Expected result: the first floating selection should become a new layer of their own (as though clicking "New Layer" button).
The idea is that the anchoring is destructive. So of course, maybe that's what one was planning to do, but then one can still do it. after a new layer is created. On the other hand, if the default is anchoring the floating selection, then in the case where one was planning on having a new layer, this cannot be done anymore. Only solution is to undo, re-paste, then click the "New Layer" button each time before pasting new data.
This is counter-productive. The default, when the choice is made on behalf of the creator, is to always go with the non-destructive solution (in this case: new layer).
Of course another alternative would be to get rid of the concept of "Floating selection", because seriously I still haven't understood what it was for. Haven't there be discussion about getting rid of these? What is the use case where they are actually useful?
Version: git master