Peter Kirchgessner wrote: > when moving a selection with the move tool, the content of the selection > moves with the mouse. Is it possible to show only the border when moving > ? I did not find such a setting in the preferences. With Yosh's assertion I'd implement a pref for it, but that's a bit dicey for the (ha-ha) freeze. Ideally I think it'd be a modifier while dragging, but the modifier keys are WAY overloaded throughout GIMP IMHO. What I do when positioning with specific reference to the underlayer being obscured is to adjust down the opacity of the overlayer while positioning it, so you're dragging a 'ghost'. --Adam -- Adam D. Moss . ,,^^ adam@xxxxxxxx http://www.foxbox.org/ "Shut up, Donkey. Talking animals have no place in comic strips."