GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: New User

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Hello Everyone: I am relatively new to GIMP and I am trying to draw a printable table/grid in GIMP, as shown in the attachment. Essentially I would like to have similar formatting options as in creating a Table in MS/Word. In particular, to be able to show and hide selected grid lines, and to evenly distribute cells with a border. I have experimented with the Grid of Guides plugin, the Image => Guides => Grid function, and the Filters => Render => Pattern => Grid function, but I can't get it to come out in the same format as my example.

Any help/suggestions appreciated.

Thanks. . .

Tony N

I prefer, Filters → Render → Pattern → Grid, (lot's of options).
Try, G'MIC → Arrays & tiles → Grid [cartesian], (easy, less options).

Because I make comic panels constantly, I have a script that does basically what you are asking, but it requires some tweaking afterwards. I am sure the script could be modified to have resizable columns or rows, but for now, it's limited because it is a comic panel script. For example, your 8 columns and two rows, was easy for me to input, but the rows are equal in size. Who is to say you can't create two panels, quickly, and just merge them into one document, in seconds.

First row: 8 equals columns (took me 5 seconds in total to make)



Script found here: http://registry.gimp.org/node/24632?des ... node/24632 (still works in 2.8.18)

Draw out your grid pattern with guides and use the rectangle brush to snap to them.
View>Snap to Guides and View>Snap to Canvas Edges. Save each one as a path as you build each rectangle.

When you are finished just merge path layers and do a path to selection. Then stroke the selection or the path.

I wonder if you could actually write a script that creates a selection then a path from guides and then stroke that with a brush or line width?

1) User creates a grid of guides. Then runs the filter.
2) The filter creates a selection from those guides and a path from that selection. The user could then stroke the path as they see fit. Or the selection.

Thanks to everyone for your comments and ideas - I'll give them a try.

Regards. . .

Tony N

Rod, and others who are interested.
Please check out this Guides To Path post