GIMP Removes Annoying “You Can Now Drop Dockable Dialogs Here” Message

BySarvottam Kumar February 3, 2020

If you know how to organize UI in GIMP, then you must have been annoyed by the reminder label “You can now drop dockable dialogs here.”

Hence, as complained by most of the GIMP users, the message will no longer be displayed in your empty workspace layout. While maintaining the flexibility to arrange the dialog on screen, the targeted dock area will be highlighted once you begin the drag operation.

The unwanted label is a long-sought demand. Last year, issue #1457 was opened when a bug was reported in 2018.

As GIMP is preparing for the next point release of 2.10.x series, they shared the new fix on their official Twitter handle.

New in development: the dreaded "You can drop dockable dialogs here" message in the toolbox is gone :) Docking areas are now highlighted when you start dragging a dockable dialog. Patch by Ell. To be released in 2.10.16 soon. pic.twitter.com/kKbIaROeC3

— GIMP (@GIMP_Official) February 2, 2020

The new feature added in the 2.10 milestone, which will feature in the next point release 2.10.16.

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Sarvottam Kumar

Sarvottam Kumar is a software engineer by profession with interest and experience in Blockchain, Angular, React and Flutter. He loves to explore the nuts and bolts of Linux and share his experience and insights of Linux and open source on the web/various prestigious portals.