Show icons on hover in 2.99.12

hover · August 28, 2022, 2:53pm

Where is option for changing how icons hover when clicking on them ?

rich2005 · August 28, 2022, 5:53pm

Is this the Toolbox ‘Menu mode’ that shows in Gimp 2.10 just under the Use tool groups toggle ?

I cannot find it in Gimp 2.99.12

It might be there somewhere / missed out / considered not required by the devs.

hover · August 29, 2022, 5:21am

I can’t find it.

rich2005 · August 29, 2022, 8:02am

That was roughly what I indicated. You can post a bug report at Issues · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab asking for the menu entry
fixed

In the meantime, a bit of digging, it looks like “Show on hover in single column” is the default.

To change to either of the other two, “Show on click” / “Show on hover”, add the appropriate line

(toolbox-group-menu-mode click)
(toolbox-group-menu-mode hover)

to the Gimp 2.99 User profile gimprc file.

In my installation, that is ~/.config/GIMP/2.99/gimprc but it might be somewhere else ~/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/ for example.

…and this works here, (sorry, I got the ~/.config/GIMP/2.99/ label mixed up. Too much haste…etc…)

hover · August 29, 2022, 9:07pm

It doesn’t work for me. I’ve added in every gimprc file I’ve found.
I want that subicons stay when you hover on the icon.

rich2005 · August 30, 2022, 8:19am

More digging around and the user gimprc file overwrites and any edit is lost.

Look like you are out of luck.

Edit: A right mouse click still works and brings up the drop-down menu for switching tools. Might not be very convenient if using a graphics tablet.

comparison hover right click example: https://i.imgur.com/Zv79qAz.mp4

Post that bug report.