(11-20-2023, 08:55 AM)Thereaper214! Wrote: I should be able to drag and drop an image on top of a new layer, once I have created a blank 1920x1080 layer.
Steps:
Open Gimp -> File -> New -> Ok -> drag and drop image from finder
Feel free to judge. I could be stupid!
I confirm that you can drag and drop directly from Finder(*) to the layer's stack (layer's dialog) if an image is already opened (or created), even better you can place it directly where you want in the stack.
Having said that, That is indeed quite a strange behavior.. and it does not look like it's a copy/paste because you got the name of the picture instead of the name "Floating selection" and the icon is not the one for a "Floating selection" but more like the one for a layer like on your Move Tool (see below)
Also we can clearly see that the name "Birmingham" looks like it is written in bold, if so it does not have an alpha channel, BUT I tried even with an indexed image and it worked fine for me to drag from the file manager/Finder/whatnot > and drop directly to the layer's dialog (to be sure), thus that's not a clue.
Thus I don't understand what's happening to you, as it works fine for me dropping directly in the layer's dialog, you might need to reset your setting and/or preferences... (does it works after hitting the Return key?)
to reset all your GIMP's profile, close GIMP (really close it via the GIMP top menu) then go to Library/GIMP/2.10/ rename the folder "2.10" by "2.10.bak" then start GIMP, GIMP will recreate the folder 2.10
More about GIMP profile > https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/GIMPProfile/
(*) AKA Caja for the MATE DE on Linux, Window Explorer? for the M$ Windows system
Patrice