Prevent dialogs from undocking globally?

[Oleron]

GIMP Version: 2.10.18
Operating System: Linux
OS Version: Linux Mint 20.1 x64
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

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Occasionally, something in my pen movements causes the dialog I am interacting with (usually tool options) to undock and float. This is highly irritating behavior, and I will never, ever want anything to undock like that. Is there a way to prevent that from happening globally in the GIMP? I looked though the settings, and nothing jumped out at me. Please assist. Thanks.

[racer-x]

Have you tried locking tab to dock? You'll need to do this for all your interface tabs.

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[rich2005]

No easy way for a regular user to lock the tabs, except one at a time. Use the way RacerX indicates
The setting is held in the user profile file sessionrc, if the tab is locked there is an entry added (locked)

Code:

.....snip...
            (dockable "gimp-tool-options"
                (locked)
                (tab-style automatic)
.....snip....


It might be possible to use a bash / bat file to add that entry above every occurrence of (tab-style automatic) but really, just use the Gimp interface. A good opportunity to close all those tabs you never use

[Oleron]

Nice, thank you guys.