The alt+shift+drag and ctrl-alt-drag doesn't work for me (gimp 2.4.2 on linux). I didn't find any way to change the "mouse shortcuts" but maybe I have just not searched enough, if anybody could point me to a right direction I'd be grateful.
cheers On 11/26/07, David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 26, 2007 7:48 PM, Shin Diggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In GIMP 2.2, If I use a selection tool (such as rectangle, elipse, > freehand, etc) then once the selection is made and I release the mouse > button, I can click and drag the contents of that selected area. However > this behaviour has changed in 2.4 and trying to drag the selection now just > moves the selection outline rather than the contents itself (previously done > by holding Alt down while dragging). Is there any way to restore the old > behaviour or do I now have to hold down keys to drag contents? > > Ctrl-Alt-Drag to cut the selection and drag it. > Alt-Shift-Drag to copy the selection and drag it. > > The rectangle select and ellipse select tools are not cooperative with > these, though. > > > > > Also, if I select an area and then choose the fill tool, 2.4 only fills > that area if I click directly on it while previous versions would let me > click anywhere on the entire layer to make the fill. Can this behavior anso > be restored (it still works as expected when drawing gradients in > selections)? > > Shift+Click instead, or set the 'fill entire selection' radiobutton in > the tool options. > > > It makes matters worse when you select an area with low alpha values and > the marchin ants outline either doesn't appear or only covers tiny areas. > And on the subject of filling, am I right in percieving filling to be > notably slower than it was in 2.2? > > > > Another annoyance is that I no longer seem able to hold the Ctrl key down > while clicking on a palet colour to set the background colour. Can this also > be restored? > > You are trying to use the new Palette color selector instead of the > Palette editor. The palette editor retains that functionality; the > Palette color selector never had it (I agree that it should.) > > > > > Additionally, I've encountered an annoyance that has appeared in 2.4. When > saving an image as a JPG, the first dialogue to pop up is the large one > asking for the file name and path. Then, the next one to appear is the one > with the JPEG settings, which of course has an option to preview the image > before saving. However, the large save dialogue is now always above the > window containing the image so you can't actually see the image unless you > drag the save dialogue off of the screen. The JPEG settings window still > goes behind the image window, it's only the 'save' dialogue that won't go > below it. Can this be fixed? > > > > Oh, I also notice that when I use the quick eye dropper in the colour > dock, the colour it sets is wrong. It's lighter than the actual colour I > clicked on. The main eye dropper tool sets the colour correctly so is this a > bug? > They both set the color correctly. The difference is the difference > between the displayed color (after color adjustment), and the image > color before adjustment. > Since the colordock eyedropper picks colors from the screen, it > returns the color that is actually displayed, while the eyedropper > tool/ ctrl+click with a paint tool returns the color that is stored in > the image. > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > -- -------------------- LEGENY Jozef _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
