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Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

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Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog Jake Blank 26 Jun 16:15
  Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog Richard Gitschlag 27 Jun 12:04
  Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog Joao S. O. Bueno 27 Jun 12:50
   Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog Alexandre Prokoudine 27 Jun 13:15
   Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog Alexandre Prokoudine 27 Jun 13:18
  Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog Phil Robinson 12 Apr 23:25
Jake Blank
2013-06-26 16:15:05 UTC (almost 11 years ago)

Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

The overlay-ed Text Editor in Gimp 2.8+ is extremely annoying - how can I choose a proper font if I can't see my image?! afaik there's no way to disable it :/

Please tell me I'm wrong!

Richard Gitschlag
2013-06-27 12:04:52 UTC (almost 11 years ago)

Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:15:05 -0400 From: jaketblank@gmail.com
To: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org
Subject: [Gimp-developer] Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

The overlay-ed Text Editor in Gimp 2.8+ is extremely annoying - how can I choose a proper font if I can't see my image?! afaik there's no way to disable it :/

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The on-canvas text editor is new in 2.8, but one of the things you need to mind is that the font face/size/options shown on it only affect selected or subsequent text input -- when you need to control the font face/size/etc. for the text layer as a whole, you'll need to set it from the Text tool's options.

The major advantage is completely and 100% WYSIWYG text editing. However, if you prefer the separate text-editing window, just enable the "Use text editor" checkbox in the tool's options.

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Joao S. O. Bueno
2013-06-27 12:50:13 UTC (almost 11 years ago)

Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

On 26 June 2013 13:15, Jake Blank wrote:

The overlay-ed Text Editor in Gimp 2.8+ is extremely annoying - how can I choose a proper font if I can't see my image?! afaik there's no way to disable it :/

Indeed - maybe everyone agrees it could be hidden if the user sets the "user editor" on the
tool options (to type the text in a pop-window)?

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Alexandre Prokoudine
2013-06-27 13:15:19 UTC (almost 11 years ago)

Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:

On 26 June 2013 13:15, Jake Blank wrote:

The overlay-ed Text Editor in Gimp 2.8+ is extremely annoying - how can I choose a proper font if I can't see my image?! afaik there's no way to disable it :/

Indeed - maybe everyone agrees it could be hidden if the user sets the "user editor" on the
tool options (to type the text in a pop-window)?

js ->

Please tell me I'm wrong!
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Alexandre Prokoudine
2013-06-27 13:18:37 UTC (almost 11 years ago)

Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:

On 26 June 2013 13:15, Jake Blank wrote:

The overlay-ed Text Editor in Gimp 2.8+ is extremely annoying - how can I choose a proper font if I can't see my image?! afaik there's no way to disable it :/

Indeed - maybe everyone agrees it could be hidden if the user sets the "user editor" on the
tool options (to type the text in a pop-window)?

The unstable version has an experimental feature to move all on-canvas widgets to the top right corner of the image window. Not for the text one yet, afaik, though.

In my experience (and I use the text tool a lot) the on-canvas widget doesn't interfere with my work, but I can see how someone would have problems with smaller images. So there are a few options to consider, and, imo, this is where we need input from Peter.

P.S. Sorry about the blank email.

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

Phil Robinson
2016-04-12 23:25:18 UTC (about 8 years ago)

Text Editor Popup/Overlay Dialog

Jake Blank wrote

The overlay-ed Text Editor in Gimp 2.8+ is extremely annoying - how can I choose a proper font if I can't see my image?! afaik there's no way to disable it :/

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Just to add a little support.

No doubt a very useful facility (I can think of several times when i had wished it existed) but the fact I cannot clearly see the image above where I'm entering text is a significant frustration and annoyance.

Need to be able to move or hide the popup.

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