Status bar messages hide useful information
GIMP version: 2.10.14
Operating System: Windows
Package: Installer from gimp.org
Description of the "bug"
This might not really be a bug, but it really negatively impacts usability for me. Status bar displays some useful information. I especially like that it shows selection rectangle size. But when any message appears, you need to wait few seconds until it disappears to see the desirable information.
Just look at the gif. I can see the rectangle size, but then I do something like mistake or save image etc. and the status bar is occupied by some useless message that lasts for few seconds and I have to wait to use it again. It happens more than it should.
Not sure about the fix. Maybe allow to make the messages shorter or allow to override them with the information from selection or something.