Bug 413594

Summary: Tell users that File Layer uses relative location
Product: [Applications] krita Reporter: Tyson Tan <tysontanx>
Component: UsabilityAssignee: mako_matt <matt.coudert>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: halla, matt.coudert, samdyer181
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.2.7.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/098a7f9f39123d04e3d23e78e82f237a26960eb4 Version Fixed In:
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Description Tyson Tan 2019-10-29 15:04:36 UTC 
Krita's File Layer uses a relative location to the .KRA file. However, we did not tell our users about it anywhere. Our documentation only warned about not moving the layer files. If we moved the .KRA file but not the layers, they'll still break. It's confusing to users without such knowledge.

May I suggest that we:
1) Add a message about relative location in File Layer's dialogue;
2) Mention it in our document: https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/layers_and_masks/file_layers.html
?

Thank you!
Comment 1 Sam Dyer 2019-10-30 09:54:51 UTC 
Sorry this seems more like a request than a bug.
Comment 2 Halla Rempt 2019-10-30 10:33:14 UTC 
The right thing to do in those cases is mark it was wishlist, not close it.
Comment 3 Sam Dyer 2019-10-30 12:07:39 UTC 
Ok(In reply to Boudewijn Rempt from comment #2)
> The right thing to do in those cases is mark it was wishlist, not close it.
Comment 4 Dmitry Kazakov 2020-06-22 22:50:58 UTC 
Git commit 4764f1f9096aede2290cc9d1d66a05aa4e2eae5d by Dmitry Kazakov, on behalf of matt coudert.
Committed on 22/06/2020 at 22:50.
Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'master'.

Add a warning label in file layer dialog

M  +51   -7    libs/ui/forms/wdgdlgfilelayer.ui

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/4764f1f9096aede2290cc9d1d66a05aa4e2eae5d
Comment 5 Dmitry Kazakov 2020-06-22 22:51:17 UTC 
Git commit 098a7f9f39123d04e3d23e78e82f237a26960eb4 by Dmitry Kazakov, on behalf of matt coudert.
Committed on 22/06/2020 at 22:51.
Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'krita/4.3'.

Add a warning label in file layer dialog

M  +51   -7    libs/ui/forms/wdgdlgfilelayer.ui

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/098a7f9f39123d04e3d23e78e82f237a26960eb4
Comment 6 Tyson Tan 2020-06-23 01:18:03 UTC 
Thank you, Dmitry! :D