Cory Doctorow

Hey, #GIMP using friends: I have either discovered a bug, or I am fatfingering myself into a mode over and over again.

Every time I switch to a selection tool (oval, rectangle, lasso), I somehow end up in SUBTRACT mode, and have to mouse over to the tool options panel and click the "Replace" button.

I have never, ever consciously switched this tool to subtract mode, which leads me to suspect that I am fatfingering it back into this mode somehow.

Mar 9 at 12:45pmWeb
Show threadCory DoctorowMar 9
Possibly related: when I switch to the "move" tool (typing "m"), I keep defaulting to "Move selection," even though (again) I have never chosen this, and *always* want "Move layer." Also, about 50% of the time, this tool toggles to "Pick a layer or guide" (even though I *always* want "Move the active layer") and it also frequently toggles to "Pick a path" (even though I *never* want this).
Show threadCory DoctorowMar 9
Did Gimp 3 just add a ton of keyboard shortcuts that are switching my tools into modes I don't want, or are these bugs in Gimp 3?
Show threadAlex Lohr (RIP Natenom)Mar 9
@pluralistic Seems a pretty old bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues?sort=created_date&state=opened&search=subtractive+mode&first_page_size=20&show=eyJpaWQiOiIyNDYiLCJmdWxsX3BhdGgiOiJHTk9NRS9naW1wIiwiaWQiOjM3MjI4fQ%3D%3D
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Show threadCory DoctorowMar 9
@lexLohr Huh. Weird that this only started manifesting for me with Gimp 3.
Show threadAlex Lohr (RIP Natenom)Mar 9
@pluralistic I remember this issue from an earlier version of the 2.x line a decade ago; Maybe it is a regression.
Show threadJason 🍸🫧Mar 9
@pluralistic I’d BACKUP the configuration folder and tried resetting the tool options to default (somewhere in Preferences) in order to rule out a config issue caused by the version update.
Show threadOutwatered FishMar 9
@pluralistic
I've seen this behaviour since about 2018. Since when did this start on your end?
Show threadCory DoctorowMar 9
@OutwateredFish Only since Gimp 3.0.
Show threadOutwatered FishMar 9

@pluralistic
🤔

Maybe I got early early access to GIMP 3?

Show threadFaraiweMar 9

@pluralistic and NOBODY is gonna crack aTWSS joke?!?!?

Disappointing.

Show threadCmykStudentMar 9

@pluralistic Hi! Would you be willing to try the 3.2 RC3 build (AppImage/flatpak/Snap, your choice) and see if this is still happening? https://www.gimp.org/downloads/devel/

We've backported some fixes to 3.0.8 but others are just in 3.2. We're actually hoping to release 3.2 stable this weekend, so if it's still happening we'd like to try getting it fixed before then.

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