MikeMac wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8.4
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level
I created a rectangle 175x25 to be used as a button area in a PNG image file, to show users where to click. Inside that rectangle I created a text box with "Click here to learn more." I had trouble with the text manipulations, but that's another problem.
I did a "select none" which I think deactivated the rectangle, and the moving ants stopped. Now I want to continue editing and have two problems:
1 I cannot reactivate the rectangle, getting the marching ants, to continue editing. If I back up the undo history, I can get to the rectangle with the text box inside it, but cannot activate it getting the marching ants back. The rectangle outline is just dashes.
You might be actually selecting the text layer that you created if it is a similar size, try making the text layer non visible by turning off the 'eye' icon. Then choose the 'Rectangle Selection' tool, and click inside the dashed rectangle if you can see one on screen, and the marching ants should return.
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2. When I deactivated the rectangle, the dashed lines just disappeared and my rectangle was gone. What I had expected was to get a single black line around the rectangle area, so users will see the rectangle as a button. How do I do this?
Edit->Stroke Selection
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When I "selected none" did I accidently delete my rectangle or just make it invisible?
You never had a rectangle, you only had a rectangular shaped selection, you must stoke or 'Bucket Fill' the selection to make a visible rectangle.
You can also Select->'Save to Channel' to save your selections and recall them at a later date.