: How to lock a layer from changes including position changes? Very standard use-case to lock a layer from unintentional modifications in graphic tools. How is this possible in GIMP? I've tried

@Angie364

The answer is unfortunate: you can't lock layer position.

You can work around this a little bit by using the "Move the active layer" option on the "Move" tool. But then you have to manually select the active layer from the list, rather than clicking, which is sub-optimal.

The "new lock" referred to in Michael Schumacher's comment, seems to be slated for version 2.10.

See also:

gimper.net/threads/how-do-i-lock-a-layer.7935/ https://superuser.com/questions/1054906/how-do-you-lock-a-layer-in-gimp

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@Merenda852

From the doc:


Lock

You have two possibilities:


Lock pixels: when this option is checked, you can't modify layer pixels. This may be necessary to protect them from unwanted changes.



So what makes you think it doesn't work?

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