Command + All selection

[emburke]

This is a minor issue but I can't figure out how to resolve it. When I use the command + all keys to capture the workspace, there are blinking dotted lines that won't go away. Even if I close the program, when I return to it the lines are still there. It's distracting and I just want to make them stop and go away. I'm on a MAC desktop using the latests version of Photo.

Thanks for your help.

[Old Bruce]

7 minutes ago, emburke said:

This is a minor issue but I can't figure out how to resolve it. When I use the command + all keys to capture the workspace, there are blinking dotted lines that won't go away. Even if I close the program, when I return to it the lines are still there. It's distracting and I just want to make them stop and go away. I'm on a MAC desktop using the latests version of Photo.

I think you may have made a Pixel selection. Use the Command + D keyboard shortcut to Deselect the area. The blinking dotted lines are called a Marquee selection, from the Olden Times Theatre Marquee having blinking lights around them.

[Pšenda]

4 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Use the Command + D keyboard shortcut to Deselect the area.

... or press ESC.

 

4 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

The blinking dotted lines are called a Marquee selection, from the Olden Times Theatre Marquee having blinking lights around them.

... or "marching ants". 🙂

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

The blinking dotted lines are called a Marquee selection, from the Olden Times Theatre Marquee having blinking lights around them.

They are also often called "marching ants" since they resemble how those insects move along a path, one that may not be rectilinear like a traditional theater marquee.

[R C-R]

@Pšenda, why the confusion? The "marching ants" terminology has been in use for several decades.

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[Pšenda]

3 minutes ago, R C-R said:

why the confusion?

Given that I mentioned the same term, including the identical Wikipedia link, in a previous post about 6 hours ago, I'm really confused as to why you're writing exactly the same thing?

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[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Given that I mentioned the same term

Sorry. I was distracted by something happening here in my neighborhood & missed that.