How to get Dialog box to appear

Visual Guy · **Joined:** Apr 01, 2011 **Posts:** 6

Hello new friends. I'm a brand new user to GIMP. I am good at PowerPoint but GIMP will allow me to make much better graphics. After watching several videos done by GIMPtricks I have one problem - I think. I can't get the Dialog box labeled "Layers" to open up after I click on "Windows", "Dockable Dialogs", and then "Layers". In her videos it pops up automatically. Am I doing something wrong or missing something terribly obvious? I appreciate your patience with the new guy...

Willy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:02 pm **(#2)**

I hope this helpsp

Also you may have to re-install GIMP

And what version are you using

Visual Guy · **Joined:** Apr 01, 2011 **Posts:** 6

Amanda47,

Yeah, that's the video I tried and it didn't work :-( I am using 2.6.11 Apparently I'll have to re-install GIMP. I thought of that but considered it a last resort. Oh well, here goes!
Thank you for getting back to me, Amanda.

Willy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:08 pm **(#4)**

Amanda? o.O Willy lols

and yeah I would suggest reinstalling
Hopefully that works,
Willy

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16262

Visual Guy wrote:

Hello new friends. I'm a brand new user to GIMP. I am good at PowerPoint but GIMP will allow me to make much better graphics. After watching several videos done by GIMPtricks I have one problem - I think. I can't get the Dialog box labeled "Layers" to open up after I click on "Windows", "Dockable Dialogs", and then "Layers". In her videos it pops up automatically. Am I doing something wrong or missing something terribly obvious? I appreciate your patience with the new guy...

Normally this will happen if that particular dialog is already docked.You shouldn't have to re-install Gimp.
Not unless you have moved anything around in the Gimp directory tree that is.
Try this - Windows/Dockable dialogs/click layers and see if one of your opened windows lights up.
If one does (like its been selected) - than your layers dialog is in there somewhere.Look for this icon - :layertab

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:33 pm **(#6)**

Wild guess here. Check your taskbar to see if the layers window minimized to there. If so, click it and it should come up.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16262

Oregonian wrote:

Wild guess here. Check your taskbar to see if the layers window minimized to there. If so, click it and it should come up.

That's probably exactly where it is too.

What we need is a close all dialogs button so we can re-open to find those suckers :lol

Visual Guy - be sure and dock that dialog to your toolbox and you won't lose it anymore.
By the way welcome to Gimp Chat!

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Just a hunch, try clicking the auto button with an image open.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16262

I have all my dialogs attached to my toolbox so i have more image real estate.
Therefore i have no auto button.At least i do not see one.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:48 pm **(#10)**

The auto button is on the layers window. If he can't see the layers window he can't click the button.

Willy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:48 pm **(#11)**

How did you get the Paterns one up there? To the right of Color Selector?

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16262

Edit/Pref/Toolbox

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Good point. I thought he meant he couldn't see the layers. :O

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16262

nixnine · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:20 pm **(#15)**

If you could post a screenshot of gimp open it might help.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

At least we're trying to help, no?

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:37 pm **(#17)**

mahvin wrote:

At least we're trying to help, no?

This is good. Multiple choices here. :mrgreen:

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16262

Better than no choices for sure!

Jolie · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:12 pm **(#19)**

Think he fixed it in the end, either by reinstalling or starting up gimp again. (I'm not sure what he meant by re-loading) Think showing all the screenshots helped.

He found his layers back in a tab.

Correct me if I'm wrong Visual Guy.