[Gimp-user] Alt Key

[David Gowers]

Hi julien,

On Dec 21, 2007 4:22 PM, julien <jm.hard at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > You are describing what 2.2 does for me. 2.4 simply dragged the selected
> > region, NOT its contents.
> >
> >
> At the top of HTML help pages, you have a "Revision date" and you can
> see that Moving Selection has not been updated yet.
>
> In Gimp 2.4, you move the selection outline.
> To move the selection contents, you have to use the Selection/Floating
> command.
> You can't move the selection contents without emptying the original
> place.

Actually you can. Alt+Shift+Drag. (Alt+Ctrl+Drag to cut it out and
move it, instead of moving a copy of it.). Try them.