On Monday 01 September 2003 10:43 am, Vittorio wrote:

[Gimp-user] moving around a selection Date: Yesterday 10:43:58 am
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Context: Linux and the Gimp.

How can I move a selection around a picture, that is (and more precisely), move the frame of the selection only not its content (in order to e.g. "better center" the image the selection will contain)?

Hi there...

All you have to do is hold ALT and click and drag the selection.

However, if you are in KDE, it´s default behavior is to captue this event (alt + click and drag) to drag the window.

You have to disable this behavior in the kde control center (kcontrol), Under LookNFeel, Window Behavior, modifier key + buttons -> set them all to "Nothing".

Ciao

Vittorio

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Hi,

Vittorio writes:

How can I move a selection around a picture, that is (and more precisely), move the frame of the selection only not its content (in order to e.g. "better center" the image the selection will contain)?

You can adjust and re-place a selection by using Alt-drag.

(This sentence is taken from the tips shown at startup and also reachable from the Help menu. There are some more nice tips there...)

Sven

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 15:43, Vittorio wrote:

Context: Linux and the Gimp.

How can I move a selection around a picture, that is (and more precisely), move the frame of the selection only not its content (in order to e.g. "better center" the image the selection will contain)?

In 1.3, but it is probably the same in 1.2, you use Alt+mousedrag to move the selection without its content. Some window managers like Gnome2's metacity, however, bind Alt+drag to moving windows around, so you need to press Ctrl along.

cheers

Hold down the Alt key, then move the selection frame. Note that Alt is often bound to a different action - in Gnome, check your keybindings, in KDE - ditto (not sure of the details for KDE).

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, "Vittorio" == Vittorio wrote:

Vittorio> How can I move a selection around a picture, that is (and more Vittorio> precisely), move the frame of the selection only not its content -----
Timothy Jedlicka, bonzo@lucent.com, 1-630-713-4436, AOL-IM=bonzowork Network Entomologist, Lucent Technologies, Testers For Hire

Vittorio wrote:

Context: Linux and the Gimp.

How can I move a selection around a picture, that is (and more precisely), move the frame of the selection only not its content (in order to e.g. "better center" the image the selection will contain)?

In 1.2, Alt-move works, or Ctrl-Alt-move if your window manager grabs Alt-drag (as kwm did in KDE 2).

In 1.3 there is a mode for this... "Move selection Outline" in the move tool options. This can be toggled with Alt, as in 1.2.

Cheers, Dave.

Hold down the Alt key, then move the selection frame. Note that Alt is often
bound to a different action - in Gnome, check your keybindings, in KDE - ditto

I use IceWM and this is also the case (alt-click moves the entire window in IceWM).

Does anyone know a way to reassign this in IceWM?

I asked this a while ago on the IceWM list, but didn't receive a reply.

Thanks, Eric Pierce

(not sure of the details for KDE).

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, "Vittorio" == Vittorio wrote:

Vittorio> How can I move a selection around a picture, that is (and more Vittorio> precisely), move the frame of the selection only not its content
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Timothy Jedlicka, bonzo@lucent.com, 1-630-713-4436, AOL-IM=bonzowork Network Entomologist, Lucent Technologies, Testers For Hire