: How to select more layers with GIMP? In Adobe Photoshop I am able to select multiple layers at once with Shift+Click. How can I do that in GIMP?

@Pierce403

This is not possible in GIMP, up to and including 2.8.x.

If and when it is available (in the then-current development branch at least), then the corresponding enhancement request at bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730216 will be marked resolved fixed.

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@Caterina889

You can (from 2.8 on) make use of layer groups to get most of the functionality you might want:
docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-layer-groups.html
From the GIMP docs:

You can create a layer group either by


Clicking on the Create a new layer group button at the bottom of the layer dialog (looks like a folder icon)
Through Layer → New Layer Group, or
Through the layer dialog context menu.


You can drag existing layers into the new Layer Group to add them. Then, transformations (move, scale etc.) applied to the Group as a whole will be performed on all the layers in that group.

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@Pope1402555

Here is the Essential Visual-Tip: tutorialforlinux.com/2014/08/01/how-to-select-more-layers-on-the-gimp-for-linux-mac-windows-easy-visual-guide/

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@Reiling762

It's not possible. The only thing you can do is link layers together or merge them. How to link layers information here.





Instead, there are several alternative methods of handling multiple layers, each appropriate to a different task. You can chain layers to move or transform them, shift-click objects on different layers in the canvas to align them, or create a new layer based on all visible layers.

Instructions:


Chaining Layers:

1) Make sure the Layers dialog box is open. If it is not, click on the Windows menu and select "Dockable Dialogs" > "Layers." You can
also hold down the "Ctrl" key and press "L."

2) Hover your mouse between the Layer Visibility icon, which looks like an eye, and the layer thumbnail. A raised box will appear.
Click this box to activate the chain.

3) Repeat this process on all of the other layers you wish to chain together. Once these layers are chained, you can move or apply
transformation effects to all of them simultaneously.

Selecting for Alignment

4) Make sure the Toolbox is open. If it is not, click on the Windows menu and select "Toolbox." You can also hold down the "Ctrl"
key and press "B."

5) Click on the Alignment Tool in the Toolbox. It looks like an empty rectangle with arrows pointing away from all sides of it.

6) Press and hold the "Shift" key while clicking on the layers in the canvas. Or click somewhere off the layers and drag a selection
rectangle around them. Once you have selected these layers, you can
choose an alignment method.

Merging Visible Layers

7) Make sure the Layers dialog box is open. If it is not, click on the Windows menu and select "Dockable Dialogs" > "Layers." You can
also hold down the "Ctrl" key and press "L."

8) Click on the Visibility icon on any layer you do not want to include in your new layer. This will render that layer invisible.

9) Click on the Layers menu and select "New from Visible."

10) Select the option that best describes how you want the layers to be merged from the dialog box that appears, and click "Merge." This
will merge all of the visible layers into a new layer but will not
affect your original layers.


Source here.

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