On 03/10/2017 11:41 AM, spy46 wrote:

I am having a hard time understanding something. an area I have selected, will not move when i try to move it, I will either move the selection box or the layer.
how do i move the selection area.

The usual method is to make your selection, adjust the size, shape and location of the selection as necessary then do Edit > Cut (or Ctrl+x) and Edit > Paste (or Ctrl+v). This puts a copy of the selected area right where it was selected from, and you can drag it around to any location. When it is where you want to leave it, click once /outside/ the selection you have been dragging around and it will anchor (merge down into) the layer you are working on.

Note that if your layer has an alpha channel, dragging the pasted in selection around will leave a transparent "hole" in the layer. If your layer does not have an alpha channel, that "hole" will be the current background color (white by default). In the Layers dialog, you will see options to Add Alpha Channel or Remove Alpha Channel from the currently selected layer.

You can also make a selection and do Edit > Copy (or Ctrl+c), then Edit

Paste (or Ctrl+v), then move and anchor your copied selection as

desired, leaving the originally selected area intact.

:o)

* spy46 [03-13-17 16:53]:

Thank you.
I would not have thought it would be this ..... annoying and yet easy.

probably a "Good Thing" but with the information provided, rather difficult to determine and my cyrstal ball is in the shop for repairs.

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