Define Layer::get_non_empty_description() which returns the layer's description if...

[synfig.git] / synfig-core / trunk / src / synfig / layer.h

diff --git a/synfig-core/trunk/src/synfig/layer.h b/synfig-core/trunk/src/synfig/layer.h
index 3e332d9..7971fcb 100644 (file)
--- a/synfig-core/trunk/src/synfig/layer.h
+++ b/synfig-core/trunk/src/synfig/layer.h
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ public:
        //! \writeme
        void set_description(const String& x);
 
+       //! Returns the layer's description if it's not empty, else its local name
+       const String get_non_empty_description()const { return get_description().empty() ? get_local_name() : get_description(); }
+
        /*
  --    ** -- V I R T U A L   F U N C T I O N S -----------------------------------
        */