Managing tool options and window positions

[Ofnuts]

There are two ways to manage tool options in Gimp:

1. Always start with the same settings. This is best if you work on various projects, and also if you are a beginner, because you can then reset the options by restarting Gimp
   
2. Saving your settings between Gimp sessions. This can be useful if you work on a few big projects
   

The choice of behavior is directed by the options in Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Tool options ➤ General ➤ Save tool options on exit. You want this unchecked for option #1, checked for option #2:

   

If you use option #1, you have to make sure once for all that your default options are to your liking by either:

• Click the Reset Saved Tool options to default values  button:
  

   

Or:

• Make sure that the following are as you want them:
  • All options in all tools (for instance font and font size in the Text tool, or the "corrective" flag in transforms)
    
  • The current brush, gradient, pattern, and the foreground and background colors
    
  • The active tool
    
• Click the Save Tool Options Now button:
  

   

Your options are similar for window positions, but this is usually less critical. Saving window positions is often a good idea, but be careful if you use several monitors, a saved window position can end up on a screen that is no longer here. Settings are in Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Interface ➤ Window management ➤ Window positions:

   

A last place to check with a similar choice is Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Input devices for input options mostly related to painting:

   

[starrtennis]

(04-23-2021, 08:28 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: There are two ways to manage tool options in Gimp:

1. Always start with the same settings. This is best if you work on various projects, and also if you are a beginner, because you can then reset the options by restarting Gimp
   
2. Saving your settings between Gimp sessions. This can be useful if you work on a few big projects
   

The choice of behavior is directed by the options in Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Tool options ➤ General ➤ Save tool options on exit. You want this unchecked for option #1, checked for option #2:



If you use option #1, you have to make sure once for all that your default options are to your liking by either:

• Click the Reset Saved Tool options to default values  button:
  

Or:

• Make sure that the following are as you want them:
  • All options in all tools (for instance font and font size in the Text tool, or the "corrective" flag in transforms)
    
  • The current brush, gradient, pattern, and the foreground and background colors
    
  • The active tool
    
• Click the Save Tool Options Now button:
  

Your options are similar for window positions, but this is usually less critical. Saving window positions is often a good idea, but be careful if you use several monitors, a saved window position can end up on a screen that is no longer here. Settings are in Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Interface ➤ Window management ➤ Window positions:

A last place to check with a similar choice is Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Input devices for input options mostly related to painting:

I have tried both #1 and #2 and neither remembers the dockable dialog state when I click save or exit gimp, respectively.
Michael

[Ofnuts]

#1 and #2 are about the tool settings. The window positions (that include dockable dialogs) are mentioned further down, so have you tried the right one?