The default behavior of the Move tool is configurable under Edit > Preferences... (Tool Options section, I believe). I personally prefer the default behavior to be click-to-pick, but this looks like one of those cases where only moving the current (active) layer is a preferable default behavior.
-- Stratadrake [email protected] -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. ________________________________ From: gimp-user-list <[email protected]> on behalf of Joao S. O. Bueno <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 6:36 PM To: Ross Martinek Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Not moving layers You can't, but that usually is not needed - what you are probbly missing is that by holding "shift" + click when using the move tool, you will always move the current active layer, not the layer with the first non-transparent pixel under the pointer. (which is usually the situation when you'd be moving a layer you don't want too) On 19 August 2016 at 20:59, Ross Martinek <[email protected]> wrote: > No lock symbol next to the layer in the Layer dialog. I can lock the pixels > of the layer, or the alpha channel, but not the layer itself. > > Ross > > >> On Aug 19, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Owen Cook <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There is a Lock symbol next to the layer in the layer dialog. >> >> Does that work for you? >> >> When I accidentally move a layer, I do a Ctrl+Z and then make sure the >> select tool is on "Move selected layer" >> >> >> >> Owen >> -- >> Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> On 20/08/2016, 3:58 AM Ross Martinek <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there any way to lock a layer so that it cannot be inadvertently moved >> while working on it? >> >> Ross >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-user-list mailing list >> List address: [email protected] >> List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >> <https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list> gimp-user-list Info Page - GNOME Mail Services<https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list> mail.gnome.org To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the gimp-user-list Archives. Using gimp-user-list: To post a message to all the list ... >> List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list >> <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list> > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
