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Why no text justify?
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08-01-2021, 12:56 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2021, 12:56 PM by OurJud.)
Hi. Using the latest version. Can anyone explain why the devs haven’t implemented text justification yet? I see the option is there in the alignment choices, but it doesn’t function. I found a short article (not sure how old) that explained the option had been added as a placeholder, but never implemented. What’s the problem??
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08-01-2021, 01:04 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2021, 01:51 PM by rich2005.)
No developers on this forum. Not even as visitors.

What version of Gimp are you using ? edit ok I see your other post - 2.10.24

Requests for enhancements go to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues

Works here Gimp 2.10.22 - have one long line of text, no line breaks - make a fixed text box not a dynamic box - apply justification.

Edit: Like this: One long line of text in text editor. Copy it.
Paste into Gimp ctrl-V for speed. No good using dynamic box, open a fixed box. Paste - apply justification - adjust text box.

https://i.imgur.com/jZ34eEi.mp4
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08-01-2021, 02:10 PM
Ah. I think the mistake I was making was having line breaks. I had three lines of text and was trying to justify. I see now I should have omitted the line breaks and set the desired width with the text box.

Thanks for explaining.
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08-01-2021, 02:40 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2021, 04:18 PM by rich2005.)
You should get it, although you might have to do some spacing by hand. Gimp is not a word processing application so text handling is a bit rudimentary. However it is worth a more detailed look, busy working a short (hate the word tutorial) explanation of what is possible.

A bit about it here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Gimp-2...tification
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08-01-2021, 05:34 PM
It works with line breaks as well, (Shift + Enter)
once all your text is in the box, just move the handles of the text "box" near the end of a sentence and everything will be justified
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