[Gimp-user] How do you close the tool boxes?

[rich2005 <forums gimpusers com>]

> Yes, I'm sure you gathered by the question that I'm totally new to
> GIMP, lol.
> I pulled up a tutorial for beginners and it said when you open gimp
> you may see a lot of boxes open, close them all except the tool box
> and the main window.
> I can't find a way to close any of them! 
> I know... duh, right?? But there's no x, no "close", I can't move
> them. I'm totally flummoxed!
> I hope you can help a poor little ole newbie! :D

You have found yourself an old 'tutorial' that is probably giving poor advice
anyway.

After installing Gimp you might see something like the screenshot. Individual
'windows' - dialogs can be closed by clicking on the little left pointing arrow
which brings up a menu.

However

Gimp 2.8 has a single window mode which has certain advantages for beginners.
First thing you should do is in the gimp menu Windows click on Single Window
Mode which combines the default 3 windows into one.

For a demo of what you can do, see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQz0zCyVFJU

rich: www.gimp-forum.net

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