Cannot subtract from an empty selection

[Ofnuts]

(01-15-2024, 01:09 PM)SteveNewcomb Wrote:

(01-14-2024, 08:30 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(01-14-2024, 07:06 PM)SteveNewcomb Wrote:

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Ofnuts Wrote:
Actually Blighty's post #3 is the real answer.

No.  The "real" answer did not work.  Even with the "real" answer I could not escape subtract mode, period, nor could I find a way to escape it.  It was horrible to discard all tool options and restart.

What I'm hoping is that someone might explain how I *should* have escaped from an endless succession of dialog boxes complaining that you can't subtract from nothing.  The method I found is still the only method I know, but I doubt it's the only way.

Make a screenshot of your UI, then, showing the Tools options dialog.

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(01-14-2024, 08:30 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(01-14-2024, 07:06 PM)SteveNewcomb Wrote:

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Ofnuts Wrote:
Actually Blighty's post #3 is the real answer.

No.  The "real" answer did not work.  Even with the "real" answer I could not escape subtract mode, period, nor could I find a way to escape it.  It was horrible to discard all tool options and restart.

What I'm hoping is that someone might explain how I *should* have escaped from an endless succession of dialog boxes complaining that you can't subtract from nothing.  The method I found is still the only method I know, but I doubt it's the only way.

Make a screenshot of your UI, then, showing the Tools options dialog.

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Here is the tool options dialog box.  Gimp version 2.10.34

Thats not the one. Expecting one of these (and some others), depending on actual selection tool used:

   

So now I'm wondering if you didn't fall victim of a disappearing Tool options dialog, in which case see here to fix that issue first.