3.3.13 The Toggle Selection Function
Unlike the other selection functions discussed in this section, Toggle Selection is found in the Image:View
menu. This command is very useful when trying to carefully position
layers or selections (for examples, see any project in
Chapter
7), or when trying to color-match a layer
or selection edge (for an example, see Section
7.5).
The Toggle Selection command toggles on and off the visibility
of a selection's Marching Ants. However, this function does not
eliminate the selection. The selection is still there, it is just not
visible in the image window. The Toggle
Selection
feature also toggles on and off the visibility of the black-and-yellow
layer boundaries in an image. This feature is also used extensively
in Chapter
7.
There is a pitfall when using Toggle Selection. It is easy to
forget that selection boundaries have been toggled off. This can lead
to confusion, especially when a subsequent selection is made. Because
selection visibility has been toggled off, the Marching Ants do not
appear. I've scratched my head many times, trying to figure out why
all of a sudden the GIMP no longer seemed to be working! The GIMP, of
course, was working just fine. The selection is there; it just can't
be seen until its visibility is toggled back on.
The Toggle Selection function is so useful that you might want
to memorize its keyboard shortcut, which is C-t.
