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Toolbox Window - oyearian - 03-22-2025

The toolbox is "slaved", for want of a better word, to the first image opened, whatever that image may be. If I move the image window, the toolbox moves with it. I am in multi image mode; I've checked. If I activate a different image and click on a tool (or anything in the toolbox) the first image becomes active and jumps to the top. The effect of this is that I can really only work on one image at a time. Work effectively, that is. I'm probably just missing a new setting or something.

GIMP 3.0.0 (Mac)
Mac OS 13.7.4 Ventura


RE: Toolbox Window - rich2005 - 03-22-2025

Using linux and a Gimp 3.0 appimage. Going into multi-window mode
I do not get the "linked" effect, the toolbox/tooloptions dock does not move with the image window but both dock "hide" if a second image is open. They come back with the first image active. Very strange. I did look into preferences -> window management and nothing there that seems to fix that problem.

Since you are using a Mac version I recommend posting the details as a bug https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues


RE: Toolbox Window - Ofnuts - 03-22-2025

(03-22-2025, 10:36 AM)oyearian Wrote: The toolbox is "slaved", for want of a better word, to the first image opened, whatever that image may be. If I move the image window, the toolbox moves with it. I am in multi image mode; I've checked. If I activate a different image and click on a tool (or anything in the toolbox) the first image becomes active and jumps to the top. The effect of this is that I can really only work on one image at a time. Work effectively, that is. I'm probably just missing a new setting or something.

GIMP 3.0.0 (Mac)
Mac OS 13.7.4 Ventura

Actually it is "slaved" to the first Gimp window (the one with the Wilber's head), which is later made the windows of the first image.

Workaround: in that "first image", do View > New view which opens another window on the same image, then close the original one. There is no longer any "first window".

This has been reported as bug, but I can't find it.


RE: Toolbox Window - oyearian - 03-24-2025

(03-22-2025, 11:18 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:
(03-22-2025, 10:36 AM)oyearian Wrote: The toolbox is "slaved", for want of a better word, to the first image opened, whatever that image may be. If I move the image window, the toolbox moves with it. I am in multi image mode; I've checked. If I activate a different image and click on a tool (or anything in the toolbox) the first image becomes active and jumps to the top. The effect of this is that I can really only work on one image at a time. Work effectively, that is. I'm probably just missing a new setting or something.

GIMP 3.0.0 (Mac)
Mac OS 13.7.4 Ventura

Actually it is "slaved" to the first Gimp window (the one with the Wilber's head), which is later made the windows of the first image.

Workaround: in that "first image", do View > New view which opens another window on the same image, then close the original one. There is no longer any "first window".

This has been reported as bug, but I can't find it.

Thanks! I'll see if I can make it work. Much appreciated.