The solution to this problem is to press the Shift key as you drag. Of course, you could paint a dot of color in the empty layer, turn off all the other layers (see "Layers And Floating Selections" starting on page 315) and then move the layer (by grabbing the layer by the dot), but this isn't a very convenient technique. If you try to do that, the Move tool will move the top layer in the layer stack instead! This happens because the Move tool needs something solid to grab onto. The Move tool can't move an empty, transparent layer. If your image has more than one layer, the Move tool will move the active layer. If you don't have a selection, the Move tool will move the entire image outside the drawable area. Moving The Entire Image Or A Single Layer If you click your mouse when the single arrow is visible, the floating selection will anchor to (merge with) the layer that was last active.
When you use the Move tool on a floating selection, you'll notice that the double-arrow symbol becomes a single arrow when the pointer is outside of the selection. Should you decide to move it, you can use the Move tool in the normal way. This procedure will make your selection float without moving it from its current position. You can also ignore the selection tool's move symbol and go straight to the right-click|Select| Float command. To move your selection a second time, you must switch to the Move tool. You can only move it once, because the move symbol will disappear as soon as you let go of the mouse button. If you move your selection using this move symbol, the selection will become a floating selection. In "Selection Tools" starting on page 109 we discussed the fact that Gimp displays a move symbol when you move your cursor over a selection, although a selection tool (and not the Move tool) is active. Please read Layers And Floating Selections for information about layers. The Move tool can move the entire image or layer, guides, floating selections or empty selection shapes. In this chapter, we'll take a look at the different transform tools, including the Move tool and the Crop tool.
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