midora Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 (edited) If you open a dialog in paint.net then the border elements of the main window and the panels will not be deactivated. I expect this has to do with some code which keeps all panels in active state. It is not a big deal but a little bit against the standard user experience, or? Edited November 25, 2010 by midora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 If you activate the 'Tools' panel by clicking the caption then the tools shortcuts are not recognized. W7.64. pdn 3.5.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 If you activate the 'Tools' panel by clicking the caption then the tools shortcuts are not recognized. W7.64. pdn 3.5.6 ????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarat Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 By visiting the "windows" tab, you can close the little windows like "History", "layers", etc...or you can push F5-F8 to deactivate them as well? Is that what you mean? If not, please elaborate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 - click on the 'Tools' panel titel - type the shortcut 'S' multiple times. The selection of the selection tools should jump from one to the next. - click somewhere in the image area. - type the shortcut 'S' multiple times. The selection of the selection tools toggles. Because the user has no visual cue if a panel window or the main window is active, it maybe confusing that the shortcuts are not working sometimes. The panel should route WM_KEYDOWNs to the main window. This has to do with the active state of the windows. I.e. if you click a panel then you can open the system menu of this panel by pressing ALT and then cursor down. I'm guessing that paint.NET manipulates the WM_NCACTIVATE messages to get the effect that the main window and all panels show the active look at the same time. This is also the reason for the problem I mentioned in the first message of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Here an other small issue. Maybe someone could rename the thread title to something like "Floater issues" :-) If a modal dialog is open in Paint.NET and you are clicking on a floater window then you hear just the system beep. It would be nice if the behavior would be the same as clicking the main window title. Means: If the application is in background, bring it to foreground and do not beep. (In the moment it stays in background). If the application is in foreground flash the modal dialog and beep. This can be implemented easily by catching WM_SETCURSOR message and checking for HTERROR. Remark: Just that there is no misunderstanding. I really like the GUI of Paint.NET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Maybe someone could rename the thread title to something like "Floater issues" :-) As the originator of the thread you can rename it yourself. Click on the EDIT button in the first post and overtype the thread title. Easy. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 As the originator of the thread you can rename it yourself. Click on the EDIT button in the first post and overtype the thread title. Easy. Thanks, I had no idea that I have to enter the full editor mode to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thanks, I had no idea that I have to enter the full editor mode to do this. I must remember to point that out. I do it so unconsciously I forget to mention it Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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