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  6.     <title>10.4.¬† Anchor layer</title>
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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">10.4.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Anchor layer</span>
  23.   </th>
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  25.         <tr>
  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-layer-duplicate.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">10.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Layers</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
  29.   </th>
  30.           <td width="20%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-layer-merge-down.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-anchor"></a>10.4.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Anchor layer</span>
  41.   </h3>
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  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
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  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2419 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-12-02</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  64.       <p>
  65.     If you have created a floating selection, a temporary layer, called a
  66.     ‚Äú<span class="quote">floating layer</span>‚Äù or ‚Äú<span class="quote">floating selection</span>‚Äù,
  67.     is added to the layer stack. As long as the floating layer persists,
  68.     you can work only on it. To work on the rest of the
  69.     image, you must ‚Äú<span class="quote">anchor</span>‚Äù the floating layer to the former
  70.     active layer with the <span class="guimenuitem">Anchor layer</span> command.
  71.     If the image does not contain a floating selection, this menu entry is
  72.     insensitive and grayed out.
  73.   </p>
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  79.             </td>
  80.             <th align="left">Note</th>
  81.           </tr>
  82.           <tr>
  83.             <td align="left" valign="top">
  84.               <p>
  85.       If there is an active selection tool, the mouse pointer is displayed
  86.       with an anchor icon when it is outside of the selection. A left click
  87.       then anchors the floating selection.
  88.     </p>
  89.               <p>
  90.       You may also click on the <span class="guilabel">New layer</span> command on
  91.       the Layers dialog, which anchors the floating selection to a new
  92.       layer. See <a class="xref" href="gimp-layer-new.html" title="10.2.¬† New Layer">Section¬†10.2, ‚Äú
  93.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">New Layer</span>
  94.   ‚Äù</a>.
  95.     </p>
  96.             </td>
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  101.         <div class="titlepage">
  102.           <div>
  103.             <div>
  104.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2704768"></a>10.4.1.¬†
  105.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate the Command</span>
  106.     </h4>
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  112.             <li>
  113.               <p>
  114.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  115.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ayer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">A</span>nchor layer</span>, and from the local pop-up menu you get by
  116.           right-clicking the Layer Dialog,
  117.         </p>
  118.             </li>
  119.             <li>
  120.               <p>
  121.           or by using the keyboard shortcut
  122.           <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>H</strong></span>.
  123.         </p>
  124.             </li>
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  128.     </div>
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  133.           <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-layer-duplicate.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  134.           <td width="20%" align="center">
  135.             <a accesskey="u" href="gimp-layer-menu.html">
  136.               <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" />
  137.             </a>
  138.           </td>
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  140.         </tr>
  141.         <tr>
  142.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-layer-duplicate.html">10.3.¬†
  143.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Duplicate layer</span>
  144.   </a>¬†</td>
  145.           <td width="20%" align="center">
  146.             <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">
  147.               <img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home" />
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  149.           </td>
  150.           <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-layer-merge-down.html">10.5.¬†
  151.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Merge Down</span>
  152.   </a></td>
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