Re: [Gimp-user] Any automatic way to use the Measure Tool for angles of 0 and 90 degrees?

[A GIMP user <gimp_user glib com>]

On 2021-10-03 07:29, Ofnuts via gimp-user-list wrote:
> You can depress the Control key while moving the mouse for the second
> point, this constrains the measure angle to multiples of 15°.

Great! Thanks!

I thought that there ought to be something that would make it easier to 
measure at exact right angles.

On 03/10/2021 11:39, A GIMP user wrote:
> > When I use the Measure Tool I often want to measure a distance that's
> > either vertically eight above, right below or on the same horizontal
> > level as the starting point.
> >
> > Sometimes wiggling the mouse back and forth takes quite a while before
> > the line that's measuring the distance is at 0° or 90°. I'm wondering
> > if there's any way to have the Measure Tool just automatically set the
> > measurement at one of those angles from the starting point?  I'm using
> > GIMP 2.8.22.