Re: [Gimp-user] Tearing my hair out

["Alex Vergara Gil" <alex cphr edu cu>]

> I see nothing like that here - below the "Toll Options" tab with its icon, 
> it
> goes directly into the name of the tool, and then the actual options. The 
> left
> facing arrow, located directly to the right of the the tab I have been 
> dragging
> only activates a menu, and cannot be dragged.
>
> However, after rebooting my computer, dragging the tab that says "Tool 
> Options"
> with the icon (the thing I've been dragging all this time, as the 
> tutorials have
> indicated), properly worked; the space highlighted blue, and the tab 
> docked.  I
> used the left-facing arrow menu to lock the tab to the dock, so hopefully 
> that
> will work, considering that before I moved the tab out, it had been 
> locked.
>
> It appears to be some kind of bug, which I will report - for others having 
> this
> issue, suggest a computer reboot, it seems to fix whatever was preventing 
> it
> from docking to begin with.
>
> --
> Briyanna

Did you try switching to single window mode and then back to docked window 
mode? This helps me a lot when I missconfigure some window since it restores 
almost everything. This solution does not require a reboot but is a 2.8 only 
solution.

Alex