Make it possible to have persistent selection highlighting
Environment/Versions
- GIMP version:2.99.14
- Package: flatpak
- Operating System: linux
always Description of the bug
Reproduction steps:
- select with highlighting on
- change tool
- highlighting goes off
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Expected result:highlighting stays on
Actual result:highlighting lost
Additional information
This is especially a pain if you are using a tablet and pen. The number one reason your brush doesn't work is because you're not working in an active selection region. And using a tablet often causes a small, almost unnoticeable, accidental selection. My workaround is to set opacity low on the highlight selection option. This gives me the immediate visual clue that there's an active selection. however the clue is lost if the tool changes. which results in that all to familiar "why isn't it working!?" brain ache. "oh, there's a tiny selection"