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    From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to comp.graphics.apps.gimp on Sat Jan 4 09:20:29 2025
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    This one drives me up the freakin' wall!

    Under splashma-6 I too often have to click Gimp tool selection TWICE for
    it to take. I don't know how many times I found myself moving a layer
    instead of a selected area.

    Say I'm working an image and have just selected an area that I want to
    next move. I click on the 'move' tool but don't notice that it hasn't
    'locked' so when I slide the mouse in the window the entire layer moves.
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    "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in pursuit of
    justice is no virtue". Barry Goldwater


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  • From lisa@not.in.use@invalid.xor to comp.graphics.apps.gimp on Sat Jan 4 15:54:42 2025
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    On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 09:20:29 -0500, bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net>
    wrote:

    This one drives me up the freakin' wall!

    Under splashma-6 I too often have to click Gimp tool selection TWICE for
    it to take. I don't know how many times I found myself moving a layer >instead of a selected area.

    no idea what splashma-6 is

    Say I'm working an image and have just selected an area that I want to
    next move. I click on the 'move' tool but don't notice that it hasn't >'locked' so when I slide the mouse in the window the entire layer moves.

    don't use the moving tool.After selecting an area hold down the
    Cntr+ALT keys and click and drag the selection.
    Hopes this helps.
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  • From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to comp.graphics.apps.gimp on Sun Jan 5 13:47:18 2025
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    On 1/4/25 09:54, lisa wrote:
    On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 09:20:29 -0500, bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net>
    wrote:

    This one drives me up the freakin' wall!

    Under splashma-6 I too often have to click Gimp tool selection TWICE for
    it to take. I don't know how many times I found myself moving a layer
    instead of a selected area.

    no idea what splashma-6 is

    Plasma-6 is the latest incarnation of the KDE desktop environment

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL0RyQd5wdI

    It's available for windows, don't know about Mac

    here's one of my kde desktops
    https://imgur.com/screenshot-zO7uNrP

    this one is XFCE, a non-kde one
    https://imgur.com/x2A9zHw.png



    Say I'm working an image and have just selected an area that I want to
    next move. I click on the 'move' tool but don't notice that it hasn't
    'locked' so when I slide the mouse in the window the entire layer moves.

    don't use the moving tool.After selecting an area hold down the
    Cntr+ALT keys and click and drag the selection.
    Hopes this helps.

    I'll try it next time


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