On 2020-10-07 at 13:49, peter@easthope.ca wrote: > Until recently the routine for trimming the boundary of an image was, > (1) Select > All, > (2) grab a boundary with pointer and drag it toward the center, > (3) drag other boundaries in a similar way until the desired boundary > was indicated, > (4) Image > Crop to Selection. > Done. > > Appears that an update since the last time I used GIMP added a new > feature. (?) Now left and right boundaries are linked with top and > bottom boundaries. Dragging the top boundary pulls the sides in > simultaneously. =8~( > > There must be cases where that is helpful but what if the objective > is to change only one boundary? The top for example. I've tried > unlinking Width and Height in Layer > Layer to Boundary Size. No > dice. > > I've tried holding <Shift>, <Ctrl> or <Alt> while dragging a > boundary. No dice. > > How is the new feature overridden? This sounds as if the rectangle selection tool's "Fixed" option has been selected, and set to "Aspect Ratio". (The other options are "Width", "Height", and "Size".) Look in the toolbox (for me it appears at the side, but you may have it set up otherwise), and see what you find for this setting. The relevant toolbox and area are shown (highlighted by red border) in a screenshot on this question: https://superuser.com/questions/463585/how-to-set-a-custom-sized-rectangle-select-area-in-gimp That -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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