[Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 16:04 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> After more experimentation, I see that this is the situation:
> If I click the canvas outside the text field, then the Gimp Text
> Editor window gets focus and I cannot move the text with the keyboard
> (nor the mouse, because I was not clicking on the text field).

If you are clicking outside the text, then you are creating a new text
layer. Of course the text tool can only move the currently active text.

> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the
> text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the
> mouse.

Why not? Works just fine here.


Sven