Crosshair cursor

[yds12]

The current tool icons provide a quick way to see what tool you are using, but sometimes they may not be precise enough when it comes to seeing which pixel you are on. A crosshair cursor would be ideal for this (similar to the one used for the move tool).

For now, we need to decide when should this cursor be used:

• for all tools
• for some tools such as brush
• activated/toggled with some keyboard shortcut or UI button

As we don't have yet configurability for shortcuts, we should decide how this can be used for the moment.

[FlitneyR]

How about highlighting the current pixel under the cursor with a black outline? That's the first thing that came to mind for me when I first ran the program. I think this would make sense for the brush, bucket, eraser, eye dropper and line tool

[yds12]

It would have to be an outline like the one for the selection, which alternates between black and white (in black areas of the image a black outline would not be visible).

[yds12]

With the new changes on configurable controls, I think we can have a crosshair cursor that is activated by keeping a button pressed, it's trivial to implement now. Would be similar to the new PAN tool (hold SPACE + drag mouse) but simpler.

[crumblingstatue]

It would be nice if it was also toggleable instead of having to hold down a button

[yds12]

Added: fecc999

To toggle the cursor, you can press C (this will be configurable soon). Let me know what you guys think, and if we can close this issue.

[crumblingstatue]

Thank you, I'll try it out tomorrow!

[crumblingstatue]

It's working, thank you!

[yds12]

@FlitneyR 's idea is also good, maybe we could make the pixel under the cursor blink/alternate between the current canvas color and the selected color, when using the crosshair cursor.