Bill, That feature may remain, though it is now exposed on the Tool Options Dock. Here are those options, note the Affected Area section:
[image: image.png] If you press the Shift key, the options changes to: [image: image.png] So, I think what you want is to press the Shift key before clicking the bucket to fill part of your image. Regards. -- “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” ― Aristotle On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 6:27 AM William Shear <wsh...@hsc.edu> wrote: > Hey GIMP gurus, > > I recently upgraded from GIMP 2.8.16 to 2.10.28. I’m not a high-level > user, and most of what I do is cleaning up scanning electron micrographs > for publication. So to remove background, I use the Bucket Fill tool a > lot. In my older version, when you selected the Bucket Fill tool, a dialog > appeared that allowed you to switch between replacing individual pixels and > filling the whole selection. The latter is what I want to do. In the new > version, I cannot find this dialog and the Bucket Fill tool seems to be set > on the pixel replacing option. After a hour or two of fooling around, I > decided to seek help but I can’t find anything on the help site that deals > with using individual Paint tools. > > Can anyone advise me? > > By the way, I only downloaded the new version because my old version is no > longer permitted to open the desktop, which is where my images are > accessible. Were it not for this, the old version would have remained > entirely satisfactory for my needs. > > Biology Bill > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list