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

[Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>]

This can also potentially occur if you're using the lasso select on a touchscreen/touchpad/tablet stylus, 
depending on those devices' pressure sensitivity settings.

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> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> From: ofnuts gmx com
> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 12:16:37 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] free hand selection tool ('lasso')
>
> 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.
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