Move Tool always moves entire layer, cannot move selection without cutting and pasting.
Whenever I try to select something with any selection tool or option enabled, GIMP does not move the selection, period. Instead, when I attempt to move the selection, the entire image is moved, as if the image is selected and has priority over all other selections. I have tried the following solutions that I found online:
- Select > None
- Ensure that Move is set to Move the Active Layer
- Ensure that none of the channels (Pixels, Position and Size, Alpha Channel) are locked
- Change preferences of tool options to Set Layer or Path as Active
- Reset saved tool options
- Added an Alpha Channel
- Set the Alpha to the Selection
- Create a duplicate layer and delete the original
- Create a layer from the visible and delete the original
- Create a new project
- Restart GIMP
I'm somewhat losing my mind here- this was working with no issues the previous night until I finished an image, saved it, and reopened the program to work on something else. I don't know what setting I possibly could have changed or option I hit, but I'm completely stumped on how to fix this. Any ideas?
Posted Aug 5, 2025, 10:03 PM UTC
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