Feature: Rotate left button

[davidak]

Problem

I want to rotate the image left. I have to click 3 times on rotate right to get it.

Proposal

Add a button left to rotate right.

Prior Art (Optional)

Apples Preview app has a rotate left button that turns into rotate right when holding the option key.

Source: https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/resize-rotate-or-flip-an-image-prvw2015/mac

Eye of GNOME (eog) has rotate left and rotate right button.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EyeOfGnome https://help.gnome.org/users/eog/stable/flip-rotate.html.en

gThumb has rotate left and rotate right button.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gthumb#gthumb

PhotoQt has rotate left and rotate right button.

https://photoqt.org/features

qView has rotate left and right in the menu with keyboard shortcut.

https://interversehq.com/qview/

Adobe Lightroom Classic has rotate left and right in the menu with keyboard shortcut.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/retouch-photos.html

[davidak]

I found out by trying that holding the STRG key changes the rotate right button into rotate left. I do have a lot of free space for more buttons. Maybe add it when there is space and keep this option key behavior when there is not a lot of space, like on mobile devices screens.

Photos on 2.5K screen.

[zeebok]

Something to keep in mind for the future rewrite, for sure. In the meantime, you can hold Ctrl and click the rotate button to rotate it left.