[Gimp-developer] rectangle select tool specification

[Tim Jedlicka]

On 8/11/06, Kevin Cozens <kcozens at interlog.com> wrote:

> One feature I miss about the current crop tool is something I'm used to
> from
> the 2.2 GIMP. I have a habit of using the selection tool to mark a region
> then, when I pick the crop tool, use the "From Selection" option to set
> the
> crop limits based on the currently active selection.
>
> I suppose I could get used to not having this option in the tool box (or a
> menu item to do the same thing) but it would be a nice feature to have
> back.


Doesn't this essentially do this for you? I may not fully understand what
you are attempting, but  you can click inside the current selection, adjust
selection/crop then do a Image->Crop to crop the image "from the selection".


you click inside
> an existing selection, then a new, modifiable rectangular selection is
> created, whose bounds are just large enough to completely enclose the
> previous selection.
>

-- 
Tim Jedlicka, bonzo at galifree.com, http://www.galifree.com
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