: Disable floating layer mechanism in GIMP GIMP applies a floating layer whenever I paste content into a document. Unlike Photoshop, this requires me to create a new layer each time which is an

@BetL875

You may use edit → paste as → new layer; that will immediately add the pasted content as a new layer.

You can of course change the shortcut binding of Ctrl + V to call paste as new layer instead of ordinary paste. You can either go through the “traditional” menu shortcut editor, or enable the preferred method of dynamic keyboard shortcuts (edit → preferences → interface, check enable dynamic keyboard shortcuts) – then you can just hover over a menu entry, and press a new shortcut for it, without the hassle of the shortcut editor.

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@Hamaas979

As annoying as it may be, I'm unaware of a method of disabling it.

Alternatively, You can anchor the floating layer to the current layer by pasting the image on to your canvas, clicking on (for example) the background of the canvas, and pressing CTRL+H. This will automatically place the floating layer on to another layer. Alternatively you can right click the floating layer in the layers panel and select "Anchor layer". The floating layer will be placed on to the layer below it within the layer panel.
docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-selection-float.html

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