(09-05-2023, 01:48 AM)garysch37 Wrote: That's it! I must have accidentally turned Dynamics on. It was a bit of a challenge (bad UX), but I managed to turn if off. I don't know why a full Gimp app uninstall and reinstall did NOT reset that, but it didn't!
Three reasons:
- In this terribly bad UX there are buttons to reset application settings. Reinstalling an application to reset settings is a completely abnormal behavior caused by numerous apps that don't provide this minimal functionality. And on multi-user computers (think of a family PC...) whose settings are you going to reset when reinstalling?
- If you update Gimp maybe you want to keep perfectly working settings. And what is the difference between an update and a reinstall with the next version...
- There is a lot a lot more data in your Gimp settings (in practice, your Gimp user profile) than the size of a couple of brushes and the Dynamics setting.There are usually many assets that you have added over the years (and forgot where you go them from...): brushes, patterns, fonts, scripts, plugins. Gimp pays some respect to the user's data, which is a concept that is often overlooked by Windows applications.
In the preferences, you will see several places where you can reset some or all the options to "factory settings". Your Gimp profile is also not buried deep down an intractable "registry", but exists as a standard folder that you can easily backup and erase.
Reinstalling is very rarely necessary.
Maybe you want to change how Gimp keeps your options between sessions.
(09-05-2023, 01:48 AM)garysch37 Wrote: I originally suspected something with Dynamic Options in my tool, but the user interface is so bad (in my professional opinion, as I am a UX specialist), that I didn't see it.
I have been in that business too, and for one that does the work there are ten that criticize. This said all suggestions are welcome.