04-02-2022, 02:55 AM
(04-01-2022, 07:08 PM)PapaBear1 Wrote: Hmmmmm --- I don't follow that at all. But that's on me. You must be describing some more complicated process that I've just never encountered. Even if it allowed you to move one 'selection' without moving the content (while others are selected - somehow) - then what? This would imply that I could still somehow plant the content in the new location after moving it - but that doesn't sound like that is the case. I'm still wondering what this other process is if it is not ending up with stuff being moved. It sounds like we must use this Copy/Paste process every time to actually move something. Is Copy/Paste etc. complicated? No, but it is not intuitive with what a normal user would expect to happen when they select something and then try to move it with a "move selection" tool. Calculus is easy once you learn it too. Ha...
Don't assume that every one is working your way. I don't, at all...
Having said that GIMP has a tool/preset for the selection behaving the way you would like
Make your selection with any selection tool,
Then go to Select ➤ Float or you can use the shortcut Shift+ Ctrl + L and JUST move the selected pixels where you want (You do NOT need to select the move tool)!
once it's done, click the Anchor button at the bottom of the layer stack/dialog
25 seconds video ➤ https://imgur.com/a/FYgeMxC