Last Used Tools Button - Becomes a Custom Panel

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Last Used Tools Button - Becomes a Custom Panel

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One FAVORITE new feature in TVP10 which I use quite frequently is the Last Used Tools Button - it's fantastic! It serves several functions:
1. Keeps track of all tools used INCLUDING cutbrush grabs (up to 64, at which point the oldest tool thumbnail falls off the grid when a new tool thumbnail is added).
2. The tool thumbnail not only remembers the tools but it also stores the A and B pen colors in use when that tool was active.

REQUEST ONE: A New Custom Panel which continuously displays the Last Used Tools Grid
I change brushes (frequently selecting four or five) then choosing at random from those during a drawing. Having to pop open the tools grid with the Last Use Tools Button EVERY TIME I want to reuse another tool is tiresome. It would be VERY helpful to have the tools grid become a new custom panel which could remain open during a drawing session.

It would be wonderful to be able to save and reload an entire tool-grid for future use, too. :D

REQUEST TWO: Add A and B Colors to Each Tool Thumbnail
Each time you change A or B colors, another copy of the tool is added to the tool grid. To differentiate between the two tools, the A and B pen colors could be inserted in each tool's thumbnail as shown below. Fact is, it would just be good to know what AB colors you will return to when choosing a previous tool.
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Interesting requests Sven ! You have my voice. =)
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+1!

Also, don't display identical tools multiple times. Sometimes I have exactly the same tool in the list (even if when the colors are identical)
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+1 to all, including tool redundancy. I hardly ever take advantage of this feature because of all that is described here.
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+1.
And I'm not Sven, Elodie. :)
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+1 !
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Sewie wrote:+1.
And I'm not Sven, Elodie. :)
oops, sorry :oops:
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