bring distinction between main tools cursors
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Description
Tiled is a wonderful piece of free/libre software! thanks immensely for it!!
Yet there is one minor frustration i experience while using it, and juggling between the main tools using keyboard shortcuts: brush/eraser/rectangular selection... sometimes i am so absorbed that i don't realize, after switching to another operation, which was selected (and therfeore erase instead of brushing, or brush instead of...). Sure it's as simple as looking at the toolbar, but when you're really absorbed in your design you never do...
How about:
* brush has this blue box-like cursor+selection
* eraser has the same but a *red* box-like cursor+selection
* rectangular has the same but a *green* box-like cursor+selection?
this way one would instanteously be able to shift their mind from one tool to the other
of course if i am the only one thinking it would be a good idea it probably means it is not worth implementing ;)
cheers!
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Research direction
Start by locating the main tool implementations for brush, eraser, and rectangular selection, then trace how keyboard shortcuts change the active tool and how its cursor or selection is drawn. Check the toolbar and cursor-rendering paths first. Done means each tool is immediately distinguishable by the requested blue, red, or green visual treatment.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- design, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100