Disappearing selection ants?

lacertile · **Joined:** Dec 07, 2011 **Posts:** 102

GIMP Version: All
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

Hello. I was wondering if anybody else here knows why sometimes the selection ants refuse to show up? Usually it's fixed with a software reboot, but it's annoying all the same. Yes, "show selection" is always checked, but the selection sometimes doesn't show up until it's rebooted. This is an issue I've encountered in pretty much all versions of GIMP I've ever used.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Never seen this... (nothing that Ctrl-T wouldn't fix).

wbool63 · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 6:45 am **(#3)**

I seem to remember a similar issue, I think I had something set in edit/preferences/interface/configure keyboard shortcuts. Because of my lousy keyboard skills I used to inadvertently turn off selection display. (something else than CTL +T )

Probably not your problem, but I mention it , just in case!

Erisian · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 10:59 am **(#4)**

I've had very rarely. Can't remember the cause - it's either a bug or something I was missing.

merrak · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 12:07 pm **(#5)**

I've had this happen to me - and what is strange is that if I have multiple images open, some are affected and some not. Sometimes newly opened images work, and sometimes I just have to restart the software.

No clue why this happens - but it's pretty rare to me.