Re: [Gimp-user] free hand selection tool ('lasso')

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 13/11/15 16:08, glas wrote:
> Whilst using this tool it has recently begun to draw its own lines part way
> through and thus complete the selection for me - trouble is, I've never finished
> what I'm actually trying to select!!  I've deleted and re-installed the
> application, but it is still doing it.  Has something changed (for example, is
> there perhaps a setting that says it should try to predict what I'm trying to
> select based on some algorithm or other)?  Right now, the tool is completely
> useless.  Thanks

The tool does that when it gets a double-click, so it is likely that 
something in your system is emitting stray double-clicks.  I have had 
this happen to me with an aging mouse (these double click are caused by 
worn out contacts bouncing). If you have a wireless mouse check the 
batteries.

Btw, when this happens, all is not lost, you can add/subtract further 
selections to what you have got.