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Bug 572673 - Documentation for Scissor Selection Tool should mention that you can disable auto-snap with SHIFT
Documentation for Scissor Selection Tool should mention that you can disable ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GIMP-manual
Classification: Other
Component: English
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Róman Joost
Róman Joost
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-02-21 17:51 UTC by Anselm Helbig
Modified: 2009-03-13 20:22 UTC
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Description Anselm Helbig 2009-02-21 17:51:50 UTC 
Documentation 
Section: 2. Selection Tools
The Scissor tool does not have any special key modifiers, only the ones that affect all selection tools in the same way.

Correct version:
You can press SHIFT to disable the auto-snap function. 

Other information:
Comment 1 Ulf-D. Ehlert 2009-02-24 17:42:16 UTC 
Thanks, I will fix that.
Comment 2 Ulf-D. Ehlert 2009-03-13 20:22:51 UTC 
Ok, I've changed the text (in trunk) to

    Key modifiers
    -------------
    The default behavior of the Shift Ctrl, and  Alt keys is
    described in <link ...> for all selection tools.

    There is, however, one key modifier that has a special
    behavior if you use it while editing a selection, that is
    *after* you have added the first node:

        Shift

            By default, the *auto-edge snap feature* is enabled:
            whenever you click and drag the mouse pointer, the
            Scissors tool finds the point of the maximal
            gradient (where the color change is maximal) for
            placing a new control node or moving an existing
            node.

            Holding down this key while clicking and dragging
            disables this feature, and the control node will be
            placed at the position of the mouse pointer.

Suggestions how to improve this text are always welcome... :-)