Hi,

I can't seem to find an option to show how big current selection is. For example, if I'm using a rectangular selection tool, I'd like to be able to see how tall and wide the current selection is, in pixels. Is this feature available?

Thank you!

hover over the tiny icon in the bottomleft, it should show the current selection size as a tooltip.

TheraHedwig wrote:hover over the tiny icon in the bottomleft, it should show the current selection size as a tooltip.

Okay, this is something, thank you. But is there a way to get this displayed in real-time somewhere? I'd like to be able to check how much I'm selecting as I am doing it...

There is a 'trick' that you can do if you want real time feedback of the selection size:

Make a new layer above the layers of interest and set its opacity to about 50%. Choose the basic brush with size 1px.
Set foreground colour to white. Select the Rectangle drawing tool and set Fill to foreground colour in the Tool Options docker. Draw a white rectangle over the area to be selected. You'll see the content underneath because the rectangle layer is at 50% opacity. (You'll need to have a background that is not white, such as a pale yellow or grey so you can see the white rectangle).

As you draw the rectangle, the Tool Options docker will give real-time readings of its width and height. If you want, you can then use the Move tool to reposition it and get real-time x/y position information about it. If you get it wrong, delete it an make another one.

Then do Layer -> Convert -> to Selection Mask. This will create a selection mask corresponding to the white rectangle, as can be seen by toggling the selection icon on the bottom-left. This method will not show the 'marching ants' though.

ahabgreybeard wrote:There is a 'trick' that you can do if you want real time feedback of the selection size:

Make a new layer above the layers of interest and set its opacity to about 50%. Choose the basic brush with size 1px.
Set foreground colour to white. Select the Rectangle drawing tool and set Fill to foreground colour in the Tool Options docker. Draw a white rectangle over the area to be selected. You'll see the content underneath because the rectangle layer is at 50% opacity. (You'll need to have a background that is not white, such as a pale yellow or grey so you can see the white rectangle).

As you draw the rectangle, the Tool Options docker will give real-time readings of its width and height. If you want, you can then use the Move tool to reposition it and get real-time x/y position information about it. If you get it wrong, delete it an make another one.

Then do Layer -> Convert -> to Selection Mask. This will create a selection mask corresponding to the white rectangle, as can be seen by toggling the selection icon on the bottom-left. This method will not show the 'marching ants' though.

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for - it never occured to me to actually look in Tool Properties =)

I'm sorry - I had a total brain failure there (It's been a long hard day).

The Tool Options docker shows the selection size as you drag/select with the selection tool. You don't need to create a selection using the method I described. (What I described does work for any arbitrary selection mask made of multiple random shapes that can be drawn/painted.)