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is there a crop tool setting I can change in 3.2.4? - John A. - 09-10-2026
Hi,
I've just changed from 2.10 to 3.2.4 and I'm having a few hiccups. The one for today is the crop selection tool. In 2.10, I couldn't select anything beyond the canvas, which suited me just fine and made it seem faster to crop thousands of screenshots. I often have to zoom in to 800% for precision. Now with 3.2, the crop tool can extend beyond the canvas so when I zoom to 800% at the edge, the crop selection handles aren't visible without jumping through hoops.
Is there a tool setting I can change to restore the behavior preference?
The screenshot is just intended to show what I mean by "the crop selection tool extends beyond the canvas" in case that needed to be shown.
Thanks much,
John A.
RE: is there a crop tool setting I can change in 3.2.4? - rich2005 - 09-11-2026
I recall one change between Gimp 2.10 early versions and later versions where crop tool allow-growing became the default. You just have one layer there so layer size = canvas size indicated by the yellow dotted boundary.
Just turn off the allow growing toggle in the crop tool options.
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Edit: A quick check with a default Gimp 3.2 If you untick Allow-growing then it is remembered between sessions (providing you have Save Tool Options on Exit ON, in edit -> Preferences -> Tool Options, ie the default)
RE: is there a crop tool setting I can change in 3.2.4? - John A. - 09-11-2026
Thank you for pointing this out, Rich! Problem solved.