GIMP: how to move a rectangle?

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

Gimp

I am pretty good at creating rectangles in GIMP.
What if I want to move or size the rectangle? Is
there a way to do this?


Many thanks,
-T

[home user]

In the "Toolbox - Tool Options", with the rectangle selected,
* change the "Position:" values to move the rectangle to the desired 
location; and
* change the "Size:" values to make the rectangle the desired size.
Both of these also provide a way of specifying units.

You can also drag the selected rectangle to the desired location, and 
re-size the selected rectangle by dragging one of its corners.

[ToddAndMargo]

On 6/7/19 6:42 PM, home user via users wrote:
>  In the "Toolbox - Tool Options", with the rectangle
> selected,
>  * change the "Position:" values to move the rectangle to the desired 
>  location; and
>  * change the "Size:" values to make the rectangle the desired size.
>  Both of these also provide a way of specifying units.
>  
>  You can also drag the selected rectangle to the desired location, and 
>  re-size the selected rectangle by dragging one of its corners. 
Could not figure out what you were saying.  Thank you anyway!  Gimp
is a nightmare to operate!

I did eventually figure it out.  Here are my notes,

-T


Gimp: create a rectangle:

    1) select foreground color

    2) use the rectangular selection tool

    3) draw a rectangle

    4) Edit --> Stroke Selection (or similar) at the bottom and stroke 
your selection.

    5) Note: you can size/move it right after creation



Gimp: move/size a rectangle:

    1) Select -> Selection Editor  (open selection tool box on the lower 
left)

    2) In the Selection Editor tool box, select "Rectangle Select"

    3) Select the rectangle in question. Corners and centers will open
       for dragging and moving

    4) press enter when happy or "Esc" to cancel

[Jeremy Nicoll - ml fedora]

On 2019-06-09 04:20, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>  On 6/7/19 6:42 PM, home user via users wrote:
> > In the "Toolbox - Tool Options", with the rectangle selected,
> > * change the "Position:" values to move the rectangle to the desired 
> > location; and
> > * change the "Size:" values to make the rectangle the desired size.
> > Both of these also provide a way of specifying units.
> > 
> > You can also drag the selected rectangle to the desired location, and 
> > re-size the selected rectangle by dragging one of its corners.
>  
>  Could not figure out what you were saying.  Thank you anyway!  Gimp
>  is a nightmare to operate! 
Hmm.  I've /never/ used the GIMP, but it made sense to me, because it
sounded like advice for a similar package I've used.

Is the problem that you don't recognise the advice about the 'Toolbox'?

A quick Google found me this:
https://superuser.com/questions/645532/i-accidentally-closed-my-gimp-tool...

where a picture (about 3 answers in, the one starting "This is what the
default dialogs look like...") showed me what I thought had been
described... a 'Toolbox' showing commonly used tools.

And, fortuitously it happens to show Rectangle stuff.

You can see in the box showing possible selection tools ("Toolbox - Tool
Options") that (as far as I can see) the first one - the rectangle one -
is selected.

Under that there's another box - "Tool Options" with the selection mode
selected.  And under that there's input boxes for both the position and
size of a rectangle.  I'd expect that if you have actually selected an
existing rectangle, that its X,Y and width/height values would be in
those boxes, and could be overtyped.  That's what I think the previous
person was trying to say.


--
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own

[ToddAndMargo]

On 6/9/19 3:47 AM, Jeremy Nicoll - ml fedora wrote:
>  On 2019-06-09 04:20, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> > On 6/7/19 6:42 PM, home user via users wrote:
> >> In the "Toolbox - Tool Options", with the rectangle selected,
> >> * change the "Position:" values to move the rectangle to the desired 
> >> location; and
> >> * change the "Size:" values to make the rectangle the desired size.
> >> Both of these also provide a way of specifying units.
> >>
> >> You can also drag the selected rectangle to the desired location, and 
> >> re-size the selected rectangle by dragging one of its corners.
> >
> > Could not figure out what you were saying.  Thank you anyway!  Gimp
> > is a nightmare to operate!
>  
>  Hmm.  I've /never/ used the GIMP, but it made sense to me, because it
>  sounded like advice for a similar package I've used.
>  
>  Is the problem that you don't recognise the advice about the 'Toolbox'?
>  
>  A quick Google found me this:
>
> https://superuser.com/questions/645532/i-accidentally-closed-my-gimp-tool...
>
>  
>  
>  where a picture (about 3 answers in, the one starting "This is what the
>  default dialogs look like...") showed me what I thought had been
>  described... a 'Toolbox' showing commonly used tools.
>  
>  And, fortuitously it happens to show Rectangle stuff.
>  
>  You can see in the box showing possible selection tools ("Toolbox - Tool
>  Options") that (as far as I can see) the first one - the rectangle one -
>  is selected.
>  
>  Under that there's another box - "Tool Options" with the selection mode
>  selected.  And under that there's input boxes for both the position and
>  size of a rectangle.  I'd expect that if you have actually selected an
>  existing rectangle, that its X,Y and width/height values would be in
>  those boxes, and could be overtyped.  That's what I think the previous
>  person was trying to say. 
I find Gimp very difficult to use.  I have a whole list of keepers files
with directions on how to do this and that.  Without them, I am 
completely lost.  Nothing is intuitive to me.