[Add possibility to display texts under icons for the tool buttons]

39 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Personally, I think this will be the reason why no one will end up using this option anyway - the workplace is far more important, even if you have the biggest monitor. Almost everyone can learn a few frequently used icons (Move, Node, Pen, Text,... ), and taking up half of the workspace just because of an occasionally used specific tool is simply a shame, that's what Tooltip is here for.

Uhm, hello? 👋🏻 I would use it, duh...

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4 minutes ago, Return said:

Options.
Practice more often and know the tools by heart.
or 
Make a screenshot of the UI >print out>add the tool names yourself with a pen>hang at your monitor with tape to prevent from losing.
 

Sorry. By "rarely using", I meant that my use case means that I use the app only once every 2-3 months, meaning that I don't need to use it more often, so it won't happen, so I won't get the practice you're mentioning.

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7 hours ago, Ezbaze said:

Here's how it could look:

And honestly it isn't that bad

Wow, this looks great! And it would not impact negatively if you're using a big monitor.

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17 hours ago, fde101 said:

The classic way to handle this is to have a "Tools" menu in the menu bar which mimics the toolbar but lists the tools by name instead of using icons.

A more modern approach is a searchable pop-up menu that appears with one keyboard shortcut you would learn, which you could then start typing the name of a tool or menu command in order to find and switch to / execute it.

Yesterday I thought about these exact approaches. Indeed, text near buttons would not be feasible, so, yes, the easiest and most obvious step towards an easier to use interface would be to have the tools in the menu bar, which would automatically allow users to search by them in the standard Help menu, which doesn't work now:

 

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18 hours ago, GarryP said:

...but you are the person asking for the changes to be done.

Customer: “I want you to make some alterations to my suit.”
Tailor: “No problem sir. If you just tell me how you want it altering…”
Customer: “No, I will not tell you how I want it altering. You will simply make some alterations and then I will tell you what you have done wrong.”

Incorrect. As a paying customer, I stated the problem and my use case.

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@Ezbaze, maybe it would be easier to change it to a horizontal bar, similar to a browser bookmarks bar.

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@GarryP, I don't know, I'm not a designer

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It doesn't make sense to have to do this for each and every tool until you find the one you're looking for, every time.

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Since I'm rarely using this app, it would immensely help to have the name of the tool under the icons.

 

Thread summary:
• The first step would be to implement this:

 

• A nice-to-have second step would be to implement this:

 

[Erratic Mouse Cursor Behaviour When Opening File or Going to Fullscreen]

It happens for me on M1 Pro too.

I think it's related to https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253546872. It happens for me in the Photos app too. But disabling the Zoom a11y setting doesn't fix it.

[iPad Pro 11" vs 12" - Tool Icon Size]

Disappointed not to find a slider for the UI size in the settings of the app, and then this thread ignored for 3 years.

[Live Paint Bucket equivalent]

Could you please update this thread when it gets on the roadmap? As I'm guessing we can't receive notifications when that post gets updated.