Transform pop-up dialogs need to be made moveable
- GIMP version: 2.10.36 Standard Ubuntu deb package
- Operating System: Linux Xubuntu 22.04.4
I reported this as a "feature request" five years ago and it never received any attention. Someone suggested that it needed to be re-posted as a bug. The original post is here so please reference it for more details and screenshots. I don't see a way to convert that "feature request" into a "bug".
In summary: The Rotation and Perspective Transformation tools display a pop-up dialog in the upper right corner overlaying the drawing area. These dialogs often are in the way of work which is very annoying. They, and all other pop-up windows, should be made moveable on the screen and once repositioned, with the new location being remembered and saved between invocations of GIMP.
Note that if you click on the up-arrow on these dialogs, the older style dialog appears which can then be moved. Why two dialogs? Just make them all repositionable with the new location saved and get rid of the older style.
Also, why a pop-up dialog at all? Couldn't the Rotation and Perspective information and buttons be added to the Tool Options area? Maybe the dialog should be made smarter so that it only appears if the Tools/Tool Option pane is not currently being displayed. Just a thought.
Is the bug reproducible? Always. This is current;y how Gimp works.
Reproduction steps:
- Select Rotation or Perspective and click on the drawing area to display the dialogs.