Dockable Dialogs.....
.......or "Where is my Layers Box!"
We have had some members trying to find their Layers box, Tool Options box etc. Unfortunately the video called "Basics - Part 1- New users start here" view link in the new users section of our menu has some incorrect information for users with the latest version of Gimp. If you view that video at minute marker 2:10 the instructor shows you how to find your dialog boxes but the method is for an older version of Gimp.
Here is the reason:
Here is the reason:
Toolbox Menubar Removed
The toolbox menubar has been removed and merged with the image window menubar. To be able to do this a window called the empty image window has been introduced. It hosts the menubar and keeps the application instance alive when no images are opened. It also acts as a drag and drop target. When opening the first image the empty image window is transformed into a normal image window, and when closing the last image, that window becomes the empty image window.
So what that means is that you need to look at the menubar at the top of the "empty image window" as shown below. Click on "Windows" and then click on either "Recently Closed Docks" or Dockable Dialogs to find your Layers box, Tool Options Box etc. Check out the image below:
