Re: [Gimp-user] moving floating layers

[Burnie West <west ieee org>]

On 03/03/2012 02:25 PM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote:
> "Dan ."<sustainable ecodesign gmail com>  writes:
>
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> >  From my experience, after pasting a new object in order to create a new layer, in the
> > layers menu there should be Floating Selection ("pasted Layer") like Burnie wrote. For
> > me, I right-click the "pasted layer" and select "New Layer", and the pasted object shows
> > up as a new layer. From there, I make sure I deselect everything (SELECT>  NONE), and
> > then use the move tool (making sure the cursor is over the pasted object) to click on
> > the object in your new layer in order to move it. Hope that is of some help.
> You can move it first too though (then press ctrl+shift+N to turn it
> into a regular layer). I find that quicker, but whatever floats your
> boat. Layer. Whatever.
In my experience, there are many instances wherein actions involving a Floating 
Selection behave differently than those involving individual (properly 
"anchored") layers. I chose to describe this approach because Kevin had 
(possibly) run into such a case.

  - Burnie