Hey, thanks for the reply. i think it has something to do w/ the layer underneath being so big that everywhere that i am clicking, GIMP thinks i want to change the current settings in the text or something.
because if i click off of the canvas, then it lets me add new text. apparently, it has something to do w/ the layer size. it seems like all of the layers are 780x1280... here is the link to the file i am editing... http://www.screenlicious.com/2012/12/14/infinity/ http://adf.ly/2793262/infinitypsd i think i am going to just recreate everything in Inkscape, that program makes a lot more sense in my mind than GIMP. >It appears to work as advertised to me, so I'm not sure what the issue >is. >Here's the behavior I see: > >I created a text layer and then rotated the layer 90 degrees using >Layer/Transform > >When I select the text layer, and select the text tool, and then click >on the >text layer in the image, the dialog you refer to pops up. > >If I select "Create New Layer", the original text layer is left >unchanged, >and a new layer containing the same text as the original layer is >added, >and I can edit it as a normal text layer because it is new and has >only plain >text and has not been modified in a manner which renders the text >itself >"uneditable". For example, I can change the wording of the text >itself. > >If I select "Edit", the original text layer is reverted to its last >state >where it was plain text (in this case, back to horizontal text instead >of >the rotated text), and I can edit that as a normal text layer. As in >the >other option, I can change the wording of the text itself. The >difference >between the two buttons is that one leaves the original text as is and >creates an additional text layer, and the other uses the original >layer. > >Is this not the behavior you are seeing? >What is the behavior you are expecting? >GIMP is currently not able to modify the text itself (i.e. change the >text >itself) once it has been modified in a manner such as rotation. > >Gary -- latinojuan (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list