Gimp text help

[SyCo123]

When typing text in gimp 2.4 the text spills off the side of the screen. I'd like to limit the size to a given area and if necessary change that areas size and have the text re align to fit the new text box.

Any ideas how?

[smartboyathome]

I don't think you can. You could always use the magic enter button though to limit it yourself.

[SyCo123]

That's a surprise as its a real hassle when desinging a website. It's pretty common to chuck some text onto the page then see how it looks with a graphic and aligned text. Different sizes and then taking it out all together. In gimp would I really have to re line break my text for every change? Man that sounds tedious

I'm trying to do a fully gimped design after being a P$ user for many years. Picking up the corner of a text area is a simple way to resize the text box layout.

What is the magic button?

[smartboyathome]

The magic button is enter.

[SyCo123]

So it won't read my every thought and make my every wish come true?

Damm.

[EXCiD3]

Ya i kinda wish Gimp would do that also...oh well. Maybe they will add that in a future version of it.

[SyCo123]

I use gimp for photo editing a lot. I even wrote a gimp book goingmanual.com But for web design this is a bit of a deal breaker. It's a tedious task that isn't in P$. I was hoping not to have to deal with wine or virtualiseation and certainly not dual boot. Ah ell, like you say maybe one day