Hello,

Please consider the following feature suggestion.

I propose to allow each tool preset to be assigned a small custom thumbnail image (by the creator of the preset/the user) in place of the current tool icon. The purpose of this image would be as follows: 1. To make presets easily recognisable at a glance. 2. To make if possible to display presets in a grid (i.e. without names, just thumbnails). This would allow more presets to be visible and selectable in the Tool Presets dockable dialog, without it taking up the entire dock area.

I suggest these thumbnails could be created either by loading/pasting an image, or painting directly onto a small canvas available via the Edit Tool Preset dialog.

Note:
1. You can already select an icon from a list. However, none of these icons are particularly suited to distinguishing presets. 2. If the type of tool is considered important, a much smaller version of the current tool icon could be added in the corner of the thumbnail. (Currently, selecting a different icon hides the preset type, so presumably this is not a concern) 3. The current tool preset icons don't actually seem to be the right size (they are pixellated), which makes me wonder if they are just standing in for a larger image that whoever wrote the Tool Presets dialog expected to have.
4. Most of these suggestions could also apply to Paint Dynamics items.

Regards, T. Hall