Re: [Gimp-user] How do I get the lasso tool to stop adding lines?

[Judy Wilson <judy corozal com>]

I'm no Gimp guru, but I have had this problem, with the line still 
staying. I've just learned to hit the Move tool, and the line goes away.

On 06/28/2015 08:03 AM, Akkana Peck wrote:
> > Le 20/06/2015 06:46, Dora Smith a écrit :
> > > Only problem, the lasso tool continues to draw lines all over the image, and I can’t get it to turn off.  How 
> > > does one turn it off.
>
> JLuc writes:
> > I've also had this issue.
> >
> > Solution seems to be to take care of remembering which is the first point,
> >
> > and click on the first point so as to close the shape and end the point inputs.
>
> No need to remember anything. Hit Enter and the tool will close
> the selection, from the last point you made back to the first point.
>
> There's a visual difference too: as your mouse gets close to a
> point, if it's not the first point, the line from your last point
> disappears. That's because the behavior is different: if you click
> on the last point, the tool closes the selection, but if you click
> and drag on any other point, you can move it. But you don't have to
> remember or be aware of any of that if you just hit Enter whenever
> you want to close the selection.
>
>          ...Akkana
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