Select the Layer, go into the layer, with the Text tool selected, right click on the text itself then edit it. Sorry about the partial above, damn touchpad.
On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Select the layer, go into the lay > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 8:55 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This workstation is running gimp-2.8.18 (the most current version >> supported >> by this OS version.) >> >> I want to edit a text layer and find that what should work doesn't. In the >> layers box I select the one with the text to be edited and right-click on >> it. The layer menu pops up and the second item is 'Edit layer attributes.' >> >> Clicking on that shows the layer name; I assumed that was the text in the >> layer, but apparently that's not the case. When I change the layer name >> the >> text on the image remains the same. The enclosing layer has only the name, >> too. >> >> There's a tutorial for this on the web which is what I followed; it's for >> the current version. The tutorial points to a Layer properties item, not >> Edit layer attributes, so it didn't help me. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> Rich >> >
