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Beginner's ? re selection/move

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Beginner's ? re selection/move hermitsoul 13 Nov 17:18
  Beginner's ? re selection/move Ofnuts 13 Nov 17:42
  Beginner's ? re selection/move Greg Chapman 13 Nov 18:07
hermitsoul
2010-11-13 17:18:33 UTC (about 14 years ago)
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Beginner's ? re selection/move

I've been using Gimp for over a year for simple projects. I've always been able to use the rectangle select tool and then crop an image. For some reason, now whenever I try to use the rectangle select tool, it includes the "move" function and just moves the image--won't let me select a rectangle to crop, copy, etc . . . What can I do to get the simple select rectangle function back?

Thanks in advance, hermitsoul

Ofnuts
2010-11-13 17:42:52 UTC (about 14 years ago)

Beginner's ? re selection/move

On 11/13/2010 06:18 PM, hermitsoul wrote:

I've been using Gimp for over a year for simple projects. I've always been able to use the rectangle select tool and then crop an image. For some reason, now whenever I try to use the rectangle select tool, it includes the "move" function and just moves the image--won't let me select a rectangle to crop, copy, etc . . . What can I do to get the simple select rectangle function back?

The behavior your describe is the behavior of most tools when the Alt key is depressed before the mouse click. See if you have the same behavior in other tools. If so, find out why your Alt key is depressed. Wrist? Cat? Hardware malfunction? You can also reset your keybprd shortcuts to defaults (Preferences/Interface) but I don't see where this particular one is defined.

Greg Chapman
2010-11-13 18:07:56 UTC (about 14 years ago)

Beginner's ? re selection/move

Hi,

On 13 Nov 10 17:18 hermitsoul said:

I've been using Gimp for over a year for simple projects. I've always been able to use the rectangle select tool and then crop an image. For some reason, now whenever I try to use the rectangle select tool, it includes the "move" function and just moves the image--won't let me select a rectangle to crop, copy, etc . . . What can I do to get the simple select rectangle function back?

Are you sure you're not just confusing the RECTANGLE SELECT and CROP tools.

Drag on the selected area with RECTANGLE SELECT or CROP and you move the selection.

Click on the selection with RECTANGLE SELECT and you confirm the selection

Click on the selection with CROP and you crop the selection.

Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com
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