Quote:Where are the options to "fix" and what are the other methods? When I press Enter it de-selects and I'm back to square one... I feel like I've over looked some simple setting.
I can not reproduce this problem. The only way I get a de-selection is using ctrl-A (select everything).
The ways to fix a selection are Press the enter key / click the selection tool cursor inside the selection / choose a different tool.
Can you provide a screenshot showing the tool options and layers that you use.
It might help to reset the tools, use Edit -> Preferences -> Tool Options then click on 'Reset Saved Tool Options to Default Values'.
FWIW: The Gimp docs https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tool-...elect.html