Layer Effects Stack Access

[gummyCowboy (Charles Bartley)]

Dear developers,
Is there anyway to change the order of a “Gimp.DrawableFilter” in the Layer Effects stack using Python? I’m needing a “Gimp.DrawableFilter.get_position()” and “Gimp.DrawableFilter.set_position()” functionality because my plug-in creates and removes filters at the user’s whim. These functions would definitely come in handy considering the filter’s flexible order, longevity, and reusability properties.

Thank you for your attention,

Charles

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[jboerema (Jacob Boerema)]

@gummyCowboy

Is there anyway to change the order of a “Gimp.DrawableFilter” in the Layer Effects stack using Python? I’m needing a “Gimp.DrawableFilter.get_position()” and “Gimp.DrawableFilter.set_position()” functionality because my plug-in creates and removes filters at the user’s whim.

You can compute the position by calling https://developer.gimp.org/api/3.0/libgimp/method.Drawable.get_filters.html. Internally there are functions to move a filter up/down but it doesn’t look like they are exposed to the plug-in API.

Feel free to open a feature request to add that to our API.

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I don’t think so.

[gummyCowboy (Charles Bartley)]

Thanks for the tip. The “Gimp.Drawable.get_filters(layer)” is actually something I could use to get a halfway solution. I’ve never made a Gimp feature request. Where would I go to do that?

[jboerema (Jacob Boerema)]

Features can be requested in the issue tracker. Make sure to mention your use case and anything else that may be relevant.