02-08-2023, 07:55 PM
I suppose so..obviously the move tool is not the same as scrolling, where did you get that idea.
You probably need to experiment with other ways of manipulating the views on a large image and avoid using the move tool. If you go straight into the measure tool then you can not change the image in any way.
I use linux so it might be a little different from Windows.
Using the mouse scroll wheel as a middle button, hold that down to pan in the view window
Ctrl and the scroll wheel zooms in-and-out
Ctrl and middle button zooms in-and-out focused on the cursor point.
Then for measuring, Are you using the Gimp measure tool ? You can set intersecting guides far apart and measure between when zoomed out. Either drag guides in from the rulers or the measure tool can set a pair see: https://docs.gimp.org/2.2/en/gimp-tool-measure.html (6.4.3. Key modifiers) The measure tool snaps to the guides.
quick example: https://i.imgur.com/txmmdd2.mp4
Otherwise maybe someone else has some ideas.
You probably need to experiment with other ways of manipulating the views on a large image and avoid using the move tool. If you go straight into the measure tool then you can not change the image in any way.
I use linux so it might be a little different from Windows.
Using the mouse scroll wheel as a middle button, hold that down to pan in the view window
Ctrl and the scroll wheel zooms in-and-out
Ctrl and middle button zooms in-and-out focused on the cursor point.
Then for measuring, Are you using the Gimp measure tool ? You can set intersecting guides far apart and measure between when zoomed out. Either drag guides in from the rulers or the measure tool can set a pair see: https://docs.gimp.org/2.2/en/gimp-tool-measure.html (6.4.3. Key modifiers) The measure tool snaps to the guides.
quick example: https://i.imgur.com/txmmdd2.mp4
Otherwise maybe someone else has some ideas.