thanks @owen and @claus, but this isn't the problem. I know about the different modes and use them a lot. This is something that sometimes happens, and I don't know if I'm accidentally pressing something.
As to ctrl^T, that's not it, because it's not about the visibility of the selection, it's about the selection itself. The selection actually disappears and is replaced by the new one, whichever mode I use, and whichever selection tool I use. (it's easy to tell what the selection is by pressing ctrl^comma and seeing the extent of the fill, even when the marquee is invisible) The funny thing is that it happens only sometimes. Could it be a bug? >Hi Andrew, > >Andrew wrote: >> I have trouble sometimes modifying the selection -- the new selection replaces >> the old instead of modifying it. Also, the selection marks become invisible. >> >> -- using the modifier keys or the selection mode menu, and using any of the >> selection tools -- doesn't help >> -- selection should be visible according to view menu, but it isn't >> -- the only way I can get back to normal is save and restart gimp >> >> Either I've entered some select-unfriendly mode, or there's a bug. Help? >> > >inside the "Tool" options, there's the possibility to set different >modes for >selections, such as 'Add', 'Subtract', etc. By checking the respective icon, >you can add to or subtract from the current selection. If the selection >"disappears", just press CTRL+T. This should bring the selection back, >unless you accidentally removed the selection. Sometimes I made the >experience that CTRL+T doesn't work for some reason. Then 'View > >Selection' brings the selection back. > >HTH, > >Claus > -- Andrew K. (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
