On Feb 1, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
2012/1/25 Valerie <valerie_vk@...36...>:
Is it possible to have two layers of tool selection instead?
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It would be easier to use GtkMenuToolButton, e.g. some tools would have a small arrow near their button that would allow you to select a "sub-tool".
The advantage of your solution over GtkMenuToolButton is that all subtools are visible without requiring the user to click on the arrows to discover what subtools are available, but on the other hand it takes a lot of space on the tool control bar, which is already crowded in some tools (e.g. spray).
Valerie, Krzysztof makes some very good observations on the initial trade-offs. While we are working on making the toolbars both more configurable and also more dynamic/adaptive, we do want to try to keep things working well for the most people right out of the box.
I actually could be very helpful if you could collect this up into a page on our wiki. Both your listing of use cases and Krzysztof's details give a good jumping off point. Also having it on a wiki page will help ensure we don't forget it over time, etc.