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RE: Gimp 2.10.24 reverts rect / ellipse to Expand From Center - programmer_ceds - 11-11-2022
(11-06-2021, 09:44 AM)rich2005 Wrote: I do not have a solution other than maybe an exorcism
I think that I might have driven a stake through the heart of this bug - I don't know how to perform an exorcism :-)
This problem has not been introduced a recent version as suggested by several users but would appear to have been around for at least 16 years - back to V2.3.12 (https://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-user/3004-rect-select-suppress-expand-from-center-key-or-gesture-shortcut). My guess is that users have become less dexterous as they have aged!
I found two ways to reproduce the issue at will - the second method seems very likely to be what is causing the problem when users use Select and ctrl-C/ctrl-V sequentially in their workflow. These methods are detailed in the MR (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/779)
The problem affects the Rectangle Select tool, the Ellipse Select tool and the Crop tool.
Moreover there is a similar problem with the Shift key (which toggles the Fixed size/aspect ratio etc.
The MR fixes both of the ways that I found to generate the problem for all 3 tools and both modifier keys.
It is, of course, possible that there are other methods of generating this fault but I feel quietly confident that the MR will sort the problem. A satisfying fix consisting of just 5 statements in one file that is common to all of the tools.