Re: [Gimp-user] Doing a select without the mouse?

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 01/23/2013 05:00 AM, Gary Aitken wrote:
> Is it possible to do a rectangle select without the mouse?
> For example, with the rectangle tool selected, one can fill in the fields in the
> tool options to specify the coordinates and size of the rectangle,
> but I can't see a way to actually commit the operation;

What operation? Until you click/drag on the image, there is no selection 
started, and the numbers you enter in the Tools options are meaningless. 
To give them a purpose you have to click first, which means using the mouse.

> I don't see a "do it" button at the bottom, or an option in the tool options menu.
> I'm looking to get a precisely sized selection to fill into an added space.
> For example, when adding a strip at the top of an image,
> I would like to grab the top 100 pixels,
> flip it vertically to create a mirror image,
> and paste it into the expanded canvas.
> Am I missing something?

The value is "committed" when you switch to another tool.