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Command/API to move to particular coordinate? - Ken Shirriff - 05-06-2022
Is there a command / plugin / API that will center the window on a particular coordinate? E.g. I enter 2000, 3000 and it moves the window to that coordinate.
My use case is that I have a 10000x10000 image and a list of coordinates where I need to fix things. Currently I scroll, then stop to read the cursor position in the lower left, scroll some more, and repeat until I find the desired location, which is tedious. I'd like to be able to jump directly to a position.I looked through script fu but couldn't figure out if there is a better way.
Thanks!
RE: Command/API to move to particular coordinate? - tmanni - 05-06-2022
The only way I see to do this is a 2 steps process to repeat for each location:
- use the rectangle select tool : set manually it's size and position in the tool options to center it on the location
- then menu View > Zoom > Zoom to selection
RE: Command/API to move to particular coordinate? - rich2005 - 05-06-2022
It might be a good request to the Gimp developers for a center view at X,Y or there might already be one, I do not know.
Quote:My use case is that I have a 10000x10000 image and a list of coordinates where I need to fix things..
Fix things ? Fix what at...where ?
There are scripts/plugins that will take a list of coordinates and set-up guides that can be used to centre layers.
If it is a copied image / selection /... then there is a python plugin that will paste into @ X,Y coordinates.
Might be useful, attached. Unzip. paste-xy.py It should work with MacOS goes in your Gimp user plugins folder, wherever that is in MacOS. Check that it is executable.
Works like this: https://i.imgur.com/5A6wHSd.mp4 Not centered, standard graphics, X,Y is top left corner.
RE: Command/API to move to particular coordinate? - Ofnuts - 05-06-2022
(05-06-2022, 04:57 PM)Ken Shirriff Wrote: Is there a command / plugin / API that will center the window on a particular coordinate? E.g. I enter 2000, 3000 and it moves the window to that coordinate.
My use case is that I have a 10000x10000 image and a list of coordinates where I need to fix things. Currently I scroll, then stop to read the cursor position in the lower left, scroll some more, and repeat until I find the desired location, which is tedious. I'd like to be able to jump directly to a position.I looked through script fu but couldn't figure out if there is a better way.
Thanks!
No way. Script and plugins are by design barred from interacting with the UI.
RE: Command/API to move to particular coordinate? - Ken Shirriff - 05-13-2022
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. timanni: your idea of selecting and then zooming solves my problem. I added a keyboard shortcut for zooming, which makes it even easier. rich2005: you asked what I'm fixing. I'm fixing layout problems on a chip image.