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two subjects...transform & text - Terry50 - 05-24-2023
Hello Gimp Users,
I used to hold shift down if I wanted the transform tool to move only one way…. Now I have to push the shift button to resize both horizontal and vertlcal. I downloaded the latest Gimp. Is there a preference I can fix ?
This is a second question. Many times a person will answer the first question and not read the second.
Also, a second unrelated problem I have is with the text tool. The “return” button doesn’t work. It won’t go to the second line. I have to do another text tool for the next line.
Terry
RE: two subjects...transform & text - rich2005 - 05-25-2023
(05-24-2023, 11:27 PM)Terry50 Wrote: Hello Gimp Users,
I used to hold shift down if I wanted the transform tool to move only one way…. Now I have to push the shift button to resize both horizontal and vertlcal. I downloaded the latest Gimp. Is there a preference I can fix ?
Which transform tool ? I am assuming say, the Scale Tool since the more recent Unified Transform Tool has a lot more options.
Bottom of the Scale Tool Options is a Shift Toggle. You possibly have that reversed. The default is Keep aspect (shift) If unticked then tick it or bottom of the tool options is a tool reset icon.
30 second example: https://i.imgur.com/T820GJ3.mp4
Quote:This is a second question. Many times a person will answer the first question and not read the second.
Also, a second unrelated problem I have is with the text tool. The “return” button doesn’t work. It won’t go to the second line. I have to do another text tool for the next line.
A function of a forum. Often a question is poorly posed or whoever replies pushes their own agenda.
However, in this case the Text tool, entering text and an Enter/Return does not add a newline.
Sorry but it works here in linux so could be a MacOS thing.
RE: two subjects...transform & text - Ofnuts - 05-25-2023
(05-24-2023, 11:27 PM)Terry50 Wrote: Hello Gimp Users,
I used to hold shift down if I wanted the transform tool to move only one way…. Now I have to push the shift button to resize both horizontal and vertlcal. I downloaded the latest Gimp. Is there a preference I can fix ?
This is a second question. Many times a person will answer the first question and not read the second.
Also, a second unrelated problem I have is with the text tool. The “return” button doesn’t work. It won’t go to the second line. I have to do another text tool for the next line.
Terry
As a person who answers, and as an admin: posting two distinct questions is a lot better
- easier to fins with search engines
- people may have the answer only to one question, so answer only that one and you post look answered
- your questions could belong to different domain and belong to different topics
To keep you options as you like them, see this thread: Managing tool options and window positions
Plain [enter] goes to a new line in the same text layer for me (you may have something that interferes with the keyboard handling). Two way to try to bypass:
- Try [shift-enter] or [ctrl-enter] that appear to work just as well and may be be interpreted like a plain [enter]
- Prepare the multi-line text in a text editor on the side, then copy-paste tp the Gimp text entry box?