Bug 415977 - Feature request: Not having to select both the frame and the layer to edit a frame
Summary: Feature request: Not having to select both the frame and the layer to edit a ...
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: krita
Classification: Applications
Component: Animation (show other bugs)
Version: 4.2.7.1
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: vanyossi
URL:
Keywords:
: 416426 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-01-07 21:55 UTC by canvas
Modified: 2020-03-23 11:57 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Video of my problem (633.32 KB, video/x-flv)
2020-01-07 21:55 UTC, canvas
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Description canvas 2020-01-07 21:55:27 UTC
Created attachment 124958 [details]
Video of my problem

SUMMARY
When animating, to switch frames on a different layer, I have to select both the layer and the frame on the timeline. Why cant I just select the frame and it switch to the correct layer? So this is my feature request, a simplification of frame selection. I cannot imagine a situation where you would want to continue working on the frame you just deliberately clicked off of

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use more than one layer
2. Try to switch frames to a layer above by simply clicking the frame you want to interact with
3. Note that theres not a dot on the frame because you didn't actually switch off of anything. You basically just highlighted it

Attached is a video illustrating my problem

OBSERVED RESULT
What keeps happening is that I select the frame I want to work on, spend a good bit of time on it, and then find out I was drawing in the wrong layer the whole time. It is a huge wrench in my workflow because the way it works just isn't intuitive. It has been several months now of this constantly being a minor annoyance for me and even when I feel like I have taught myself to do it the way that works I still forget sometimes and its obviously always an inconvenience no matter the circumstance

EXPECTED RESULT
I click a frame and can work on it

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux:Xubuntu
Comment 1 canvas 2020-01-07 22:11:11 UTC
Also I forgot to mention that sometimes, even selecting the layer and the frame in the timeline isn't enough. I have to ALSO open the layers tab and select the layer there. Its just such a pain
Comment 2 vanyossi 2020-01-20 06:19:56 UTC
On the first issue I see what you mean. I made a quick test of the idea and it does make things faster when working with the mouse, on multiple layers, at the same time. 

The second problemm I was not able to reproduce, It changes to the selected layer everytime.
Comment 3 Tiar 2020-01-29 00:13:50 UTC
Related to bug 416426.
Comment 4 vanyossi 2020-02-01 19:18:17 UTC
*** Bug 416426 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Tiar 2020-03-02 20:54:12 UTC
Text in the Krita Manual suggests the old behaviour might have been intentional: 
> A highlighted row in the table shows the current active layer. One can change which layer is active by clicking on the layer’s name within the left header. It is not possible to change the active layer by clicking inside the table in order to not disturb the user when scrubbing and editing frame positions on the timeline.

(https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/dockers/timeline.html)
Comment 7 Tiar 2020-03-23 11:57:11 UTC
This is intentional behaviour, check here: https://invent.kde.org/kde/krita/-/merge_requests/235#note_33982