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space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window

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space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window Hexi 11 Sep 03:15
  space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window Pat David 12 Sep 16:04
Hexi
2015-09-11 03:15:42 UTC (about 9 years ago)
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space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window

Hello,
I have been using GIMP for a while, but I'm still a learner. I have searched for similar topics but never found a solution to my problem.

There is something that is driving me crazy : when I click on a layer to turn it off or on, and then I want to move around my image by pressing the space bar (and moving my mouse), it turns on/off the layer I just clicked on.

If I want the space bar to move my image again, I have to click on my image first, and then press space bar.

I cannot understand how that can be useful. Maybe it is for some people, but I just want the space bar to move my image, and NOTHING ELSE, regardless of the last button I clicked on. If I want to turn on or off a layer, I just click on it.

Is there a way to force the space bar to do the action "move image with mouse", regardless of the last button I clicked on, and without having to click in the middle of my image first? One more thing, I know that the scrollwheel click does exactly what I am asking for, but I want this functionality to work when I press space bar because... I hate clicking on the scrollwheel.

Thank you for your answer, even in the case you just tell me that cannot be done. ...
I would probably cry. A lot.

Pat David
2015-09-12 16:04:03 UTC (about 9 years ago)

space bar to move around, not enable disable in an other window

What OS? What version? Which version of GIMP? What else is running?

I know that in some OS, a selection on a dialog can be activated through pressing the spacebar - perhaps what is happening is that your passing a selection/entry to the last active dialog (in your case it sounds like the layer visibility check?). Can you just use your middle mouse button to pan, or bind the modifier for panning to a different key?

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:16 AM Hexi wrote:

Hello,
I have been using GIMP for a while, but I'm still a learner. I have searched for similar topics but never found a solution to my problem.

There is something that is driving me crazy : when I click on a layer to turn it
off or on, and then I want to move around my image by pressing the space bar
(and moving my mouse), it turns on/off the layer I just clicked on.

If I want the space bar to move my image again, I have to click on my image first, and then press space bar.

I cannot understand how that can be useful. Maybe it is for some people, but I
just want the space bar to move my image, and NOTHING ELSE, regardless of the
last button I clicked on. If I want to turn on or off a layer, I just click on
it.

Is there a way to force the space bar to do the action "move image with mouse",
regardless of the last button I clicked on, and without having to click in the
middle of my image first? One more thing, I know that the scrollwheel click does
exactly what I am asking for, but I want this functionality to work when I press
space bar because... I hate clicking on the scrollwheel.

Thank you for your answer, even in the case you just tell me that cannot be done.
...
I would probably cry. A lot.

-- Hexi (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)
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