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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> Colours on the standard controls are system-defined (depends on what wx
> is running on); the colour swatch button or the little arrow beside the
> layer name is handled by us so (with some work) we could conceivably add
> some extra UI functionality here.

Maybe change the checkbox colour isn't a good idea because it will
lower usability in the sense that people might not see any more that
it is a checkbox. Proposal 3 and proposal 4 can achieve the same thing
and be even better. The current blue arrow is a little strange, a
black border will be probably better.

> A thing I don't like with the current arrangement is having to use the
> third button to change layer colour (good luck with laptops...) when it
> can be usefully done in this way:
> - Click on the button: change color
> - Click on the layer name: change layer

hum, don't know, this way will be pretty hard for people to guess the
functionality. the current middle button click functionality is also
quite hidden (but I like it). Maybe a simple "right click - change
layer color" is easier. Alternatively we can put and edit link at the
bottom of the layer panel. Edit button would maybe also difficult to
guess, or maybe not.

>
> I think the layer name is sufficiently big as a target to click to
> change layer :D also the whole 3D border for the button is not needed
> for the colour swatch, a simple flat border would suffice (thing about
> the GIMP color indicator)

completely agree, as long as the is a white border when not selected.