(03-29-2018, 06:41 AM)Stephen_A Wrote: Have some text in boxes. Wish to edit it. Clicking on the text box simply opens a new text box. Clicking on the layers dialogue appears to do nothing. Read elsewhere that right-clicking on the layers gives you a box in which you can edit. Not so. Can only highlight different areas of the layers dialogue with the UP and DOWN arrow.
Any pointers appreciated. Thanks.
You can edit the text box only as long as Gimp sees it as a text layer and not a plain bitmap layer. In the Layers list, the "true" text layers have a T icon instead of the preview.
Furthermore, any edition of the text layer by any tool other than the Text tool transforms it into a plain bitmap layer (and therefore removes the possibility to further edit the text).