To move a layer : select it, then select the move tool and shift-click and drag that layer. (shift will always move the selected layer whereas a plain click and drag will move the layer directly under the cursor)
you don't need to use the selection tool On 3/16/08, Jogchum Reitsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel kinda stupid to have to ask this question, because it seems so > very basic... But I can't figure it out myself (and didn't find it in > the documentation or mail archive), so I hope to get help here. > > I've got a drawing consisting of a photo, a color-filled ellips, and two > lines of text. Each of these four objects is a seperate layer. > > Now I want to move one of the two lines of text. So I select that layer, > make an ellips-selection around the line of text (which is the sole > object on that layer; running ants are around the line of text), choose > the Move tool and within the Move tool choose Move Selection. > > Now I would expect that I can move this line of text by holding the > mouse above this textline and dragging it to the desired place. > > But that's not what happens. Only the elliptical path which marks the > selection moves, nothing else... > > What do I do wrong, and how can I perform this so very basic task? > > Thanks a lot for your help! > > regards,Jogchum > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > -- -------------------- LEGENY Jozef _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
