Bug 423284

Summary: Wish : Independent Eraser Brush preset for Eraser Mode
Product: [Applications] krita Reporter: stephen <tgdev001>
Component: Brush enginesAssignee: Krita Bugs <krita-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: ahab.greybeard, halla
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
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Description stephen 2020-06-20 16:55:44 UTC 
SUMMARY

This one goes into the wishlist.

I would suggest that developers find the courage and determination
to redesign the eraser functionality so that we wouldn't necessarily rely on
the 10 brushes script to switch between a different paint brush preset from the
eraser brush one. I feel like you haven't really engaged into changing this aspect yet.

So prayer, for the sake of a better workflow, for all artists including the ones among you, bring the option to assign the "E" shortcut key to a brush preset that is used independently from the paint brush preset. And for the eraser mode, we could use something like "SHIFT + X" shortcut given that X is already used to shift between foreground and background color.

I hope you like the idea and want to go for it.
Comment 1 Ahab Greybeard 2020-06-22 18:14:16 UTC 
By simple editing of the keyboard shortcuts, you can reassign 'Set eraser mode' to Shift+X and then, after assigning an eraser brush preset to number-n in the ten brushes script, you can reassign its shortcut from Ctrl+Alt+n to the E key.
The facility is there, waiting to be used.
Comment 2 stephen 2020-06-23 01:31:58 UTC 
(In reply to Ahab Greybeard from comment #1)
> By simple editing of the keyboard shortcuts, you can reassign 'Set eraser
> mode' to Shift+X and then, after assigning an eraser brush preset to
> number-n in the ten brushes script, you can reassign its shortcut from
> Ctrl+Alt+n to the E key.
> The facility is there, waiting to be used.

I much prefer it in the way I suggested in this wishlist report.
Like I said, I don't want to rely on the 10 brush scripts. 
Think of my suggestion as the need of a second pointer that will only target eraser brush types. Selecting a non-eraser brushes will automatically switch to the paint brush pointer. Which means that, pressing E again will remember the last Eraser brush selected with all its settings as well. This one is better in my opinion.