GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 752420
unable to grab text layers in a first attempt
Last modified: 2018-05-24 15:28:03 UTC
At last on Mac, text layers arent so easy to move: on mouseover (over the text element) i get the right icon (hand with movetool icon) but Gimp isnt able to target the text layer but moves everything else beneath. It happens always the first time when i try to move a text layer, the second time im able to move the text layer.
The move tool grabs the first non-transparent pixel at the pointer location - you can change this to move the active layer, either temporarily by the appropriate modifier key, or permanently. See the move tool options.
(In reply to Michael Schumacher from comment #1) > The move tool grabs the first non-transparent pixel at the pointer location > - you can change this to move the active layer, either temporarily by the > appropriate modifier key, or permanently. See the move tool options. Understood. But when i grab the text layer a second time, the radio button of the move tool preferences is still set to "choose layer or guide" and im able to move the text layer, without to switch "move active layer". I mean, why should i change options if the first option works, -but only in a second attempt- and thats why i wrote this bug report. There is no misunderstanding from my part.
You're sure that you're not always clicking on a non-transparent part of the text layer when you are moving it the second time?
(In reply to Michael Schumacher from comment #3) > You're sure that you're not always clicking on a non-transparent part of the > text layer when you are moving it the second time? usually i click with the move-tool over the letters (and not the transparent space around) on the text box and i see the move tool changing into a hand with the movetool, hint, that the cursor has spotted the text layer. But when i click upon, the entire layer beneath gets selected. Repeating this step with the cursor on the same place on the text box gives me finally the text layer. maybe the tolerance between transparent part and opaque part needs some adjustments, specifically for the text tool.
This is supposed to work fine. I do not recall any previous bug reports about this, and I could find any obvious "move gimp text layer on osx" problem posts on the net. Can someone reproduce this on OSX?
When asking "someone" the bug should not be hidden by NEEDINFO :)
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