[Gimp-user] Using Bucket Fill in 2.10.28

[William Shear <wshear hsc edu>]

Hey GIMP gurus,

I recently upgraded from GIMP 2.8.16 to 2.10.28.  I’m not a high-level user, and most of what I do is 
cleaning up scanning electron micrographs for publication.  So to remove background, I use the Bucket Fill 
tool a lot.  In my older version, when you selected the Bucket Fill tool, a dialog appeared that allowed you 
to switch between replacing individual pixels and filling the whole selection.  The latter is what I want to 
do.  In the new version, I cannot find this dialog and the Bucket Fill tool seems to be set on the pixel 
replacing option.  After a hour or two of fooling around, I decided to seek help but I can’t find anything on 
the help site that deals with using individual Paint tools.

Can anyone advise me?

By the way, I only downloaded the new version because my old version is no longer permitted to open the 
desktop, which is where my images are accessible.  Were it not for this, the old version would have remained 
entirely satisfactory for my needs.

Biology Bill