text tool changing my selected layer

JeremyD · **Joined:** Jun 04, 2014 **Posts:** 2

GIMP Version: 2.8.6
Operating System: Linux
OS Version: Mint 16
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

I'm hoping I'm missing something simple here, but after upgrading from 2.6 to 2.8 this is driving me nuts.

I am having issues with the "Confirm Text Editing" dialog box when I believe it shouldn't be. I want to add a new text layer to my image, not edit an existing one. I make sure I have a non-text layer selected, but as soon as I click on the image to create the new layer with the text tool, this dialog pops up and it automatically selects a text layer.

How do I stop it from doing this (changing layers on me)? I didn't have this problem in 2.6 (yes, I could get this dialog, but only when I had a text layer selected at the time I tried to click with the text tool. My solution was to always select a non-text layer first).

Thank you!

Jeremy

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

Start your new text box off screen a little first, and it will take care of the problem. That drove me nuts too.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

What do you mean off screen a little Warrior, did you mean part of the text box outside the layer?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:36 pm **(#4)**

JeremyD wrote:

I am having issues with the "Confirm Text Editing" dialog box when I believe it shouldn't be. I want to add a new text layer to my image, not edit an existing one...

If you want to add separate text remove focus by briefly selecting a different toolbox icon first.

JeremyD · **Joined:** Jun 04, 2014 **Posts:** 2

Odinbc wrote:

If you want to add separate text remove focus by briefly selecting a different toolbox icon first.

Pretty sure I tried that. I've even closed Gimp entirely and reloaded the .xcf file. It seems to gravitate toward layers I started with the text tool but have since edited with other tools (I often create a shadow by copying the text layer and blurring it).

2-ton · **Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:36 pm **(#6)**

what Warrior means is that when you have the text tool selected, you can click on the workspace outside of the layer or picture boundary, do your text, then you can move it to where you want it. Sometimes it does grab a previous text layer but I just assumed that was because I had clicked somewhere within that previous text layer's boundaries.

The Warrior · **Joined:** Jun 02, 2013 **Posts:** 2090

2-ton wrote:

what Warrior means is that when you have the text tool selected, you can click on the workspace outside of the layer or picture boundary, do your text, then you can move it to where you want it. Sometimes it does grab a previous text layer but I just assumed that was because I had clicked somewhere within that previous text layer's boundaries.

Yes, this.

Carlos Diniz · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2013 **Posts:** 590

I create a white layer on top. Then use the text tool. You can make the white layer invisible.