(04-11-2026, 05:44 AM)Uityyy Wrote: I have what I assume is a very, very common scenario, where I'm not finding the solution obvious:
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What I am looking for is the equivalent of:
- The Show/hide properties option mapped to F8 by default in MuseScore
- The right-arrow button that collapses the sidebar in LibreOffice Writer
- Or simply resizing the right-hand panel to zero width if it didn't set a minimum width.
....snip.... so I would be shocked if in the entire 25+-year history of GIMP development no one has been bugged by this enough to implement a solution -- yet none of the familiar ones seem to be present. What am I missing?
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Thanks,
Timothy Gaskell
GIMP user since way back when the only way to get to the main menu was to right-click the canvas -- but still not good at it.
Sorry the post a bit long so just certain aspects:
You really need to post this as a feature request for the Gimp developers: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues
I have no idea what MuseScore is and LO uses a ribbon menu, I think that has beeen requested but not easy to implement in GTK.
You can detach all the tabs and have them floating. Then shrink the Right side (1) Probably only some you consider vital required. As well as the right-click menus, there is the top left icon that does the same (2) For my work, I could probably get away with layers / paths / maybe channels and using linux (KDE) park those, put them into "on-top" mode (3) and "shade" (4) when not required.
Been using Gimp for 20+ years & I do not think it is a very, very common scenario It is all a matter of preference.
I am sure the developers will consider a enhancement request but it is a bit niche.