How to dock GIMP windows in four easy steps
For some time I have been using the GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program - the open source software equivalent of Adobe PhotoShop. I am not doing very advanced stuff - mostly resizing and cropping pictures, but I wanted something a little more sophisticated than Microsoft Paint.
I have had a little accident with the GIMP GUI, though. At some point I must have accidentally undocked and closed the tool property window from the main GIMP window. It took me a while to figure out how to reopen that window (Shift + Ctrl + T), but there was no way I could make it re-dock within the main window. I figured this could be one of those *minor* things that can take ages to sort out, without being very important. So, I just left the tool property window on its own, but managed to get annoyed about the many windows that would open when I started the GIMP (4: main window, layers window, tool property window plus Tip of the Day).
Anyways, today I decided I had enough and I searched for tips on docking GIMP windows. I quickly found this forum post, which precisely explains how to dock GIMP windows, in easily digestible steps, with images…w00t!1 The GIMP documentation explains 1 The GIMP documentation explains how to dock and undock windows - but with fewer images and less explanation.
See also carol.gimp.org.
- As per Sept. 17, 2007 the forums at Nintendo.com have been closed [back]
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October 22nd, 2007 at 02:04
can u please update link…
thank you :)
February 27th, 2008 at 23:40
File >> Preferences >> Window Management >> Reset Saved Window Positions to Default Values
Restart GIMP.
To avoid having to do this in the future, you may want to also uncheck the box that saves window values on exit.
February 27th, 2008 at 23:42
File >> Preferences >> Window Management >> Reset Saved Window Positions to Default Values
Restart GIMP.
To avoid having to do this in the future, you may want to also uncheck the box that saves window values on exit.
Founded in Ubuntu forums : http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=704266
December 10th, 2008 at 01:48
Hi
I just wanted to say thank you for posting this.
I had the same problem. :D
April 25th, 2009 at 01:19
Link is buggered - it’s
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-docks.html%27);
and SHOULD be
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-docks.html
Tsk!
May 6th, 2009 at 13:29
really helpful thank you very much for publishing this information!
June 25th, 2009 at 03:01
I’ve had so much trouble getting a straight answer on how to do this from google, from the manual, from gimp devs.
Fuck opensource, fuck GIMP. I’d rather pirate photoshop then waste my time with this POS. <.<
September 19th, 2009 at 21:08
Nice gimp tips. thanks..