Carbon v4.7 beta (4) rectangular selection tool question

[Gordon B. Alley]

I was selecting a portion of a image so I could copy it to the Clipboard and use it to create a new image. When I selected the rectangular selection tool and tried to drag a rectangle around the subject, it was constrained to a square selection until I released the mouse button. Then I could drag the handles at the middles of the sides of the selection to change its proportions. I would expect that tool to constrain to a square if I hold down the shift key as I drag it, but not otherwise. I tried several combinations of keys during the drag to see if there was one that would let me drag an arbitrary rectangle, but didn't find a solution. -- Gordon Alley <*> <mailto:galley@texas.net> <http://galley.home.texas.net>

[thorstenlemke]

Am 18.06.2003 6:15 Uhr schrieb "Gordon B. Alley" unter <galley@texas.net>: > I would expect that tool to constrain to a square if I hold down the > shift key as I drag it, but not otherwise. I tried several > combinations of keys during the drag to see if there was one that > would let me drag an arbitrary rectangle, but didn't find a solution. Did you maybe select an aspect ratio. Thorsten

[Gordon B. Alley]

Re: Carbon v4.7 beta (4) rectangular selection tool qu On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:59:20 -0400, keith <sailorman@cfl.rr.com> wrote: On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 11:18 AM, lemkesoft@t-online.de wrote: > Hello, > > did you try to delete the preferences? > > Thorsten Hello all, I  had the same problem as Gordon had with the selection tool.  As suggested, I  trashed both preference files and it now seems to be acting the way it should.  This problem  has been around through several versions of GC. Thanks, keith Likewise. I moved just the com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter.plist file to the desktop, started GC (had to enter my registration info again), and the selection tool problem disappeared. Thanks for all the help. -- Gordon Alley  <*> <mailto:galley@texas.net> <http://galley.home.texas.net>

[Gordon B. Alley]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:14:59 -0500, "Gordon B. Alley" <galley@texas.net> wrote: > > >[This message is not in displayable format] For some reason, the last two messages I've posted to this group have ended up as "[This message is not in displayable format]", at least when I read it in Eudora on my Mac. If the rest of you are seeing it like that -- my apologies. I'm re-posting my previous message below, but this time I'll try to send it text-only instead of with styles. Hopefully it will come through better that way. At 10:14 AM -0500 06/19/03, Gordon B. Alley wrote: >On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:59:20 -0400, keith <sailorman@cfl.rr.com> wrote: >> >>On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 11:18 AM, lemkesoft@t-online.de wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> did you try to delete the preferences? >>> >> > Thorsten >> >>Hello all, >>I had the same problem as Gordon had with the selection tool. As >>suggested, I trashed both preference files and it now seems to be >>acting the way it should. This problem has been around through >>several versions of GC. >> >>Thanks, >>keith > >Likewise. I moved just the com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter.plist file >to the desktop, started GC (had to enter my registration info >again), and the selection tool problem disappeared. > >Thanks for all the help. -- Gordon Alley <*> <mailto:galley@texas.net> <http://galley.home.texas.net>