Re: [Gimp-user] Rotating the entire frame of reference

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

1: Yes: https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-view-flip-rotate.html
2: The same that you would tilt a piece of paper when drawing. Not very
useful if you edit  photos with your mouse, but a lot more if you pain
using a tablet.
3: Yes, just hit '!' (exclamation mark)
4: Not as far as I know. Note that in the same vein Crtl-MB is the zoom.

On 05/02/2022 20:15, Jeffery Small wrote:
> GIMP 2.10.30 on Xubuntu 20.04
>
> While performing other operations, I have found that the entire frame of
> reference for gimp (image, guides, etc.) is rotated by holding Shift-B2
> (middle mouse button) and dragging the mouse.  This always happens
> accidentally and I have found no way to reset the view back to normal.
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1: Is this type of rotation documented in the manual?
> 2: Why would you want to do this?  When you save the "rotated" image it
> seems to be the same as "non-rotated".
> 3: Is there any way to reset the view back to the normal exactly orthogonal
> position?
> 4: Is there a way to disable the Shift-B2 assignment so that this doesn't
> happen?
>
> Thanks.
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