Freehand selection tool subtract-selection (with the alt-key) not working

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Hi, hopefully a quick and easy one:

When using the freehand selection tool, you would expect to be able to add or subtract to a selection using either the shift or alt keys. The shift key works when I want to add to a selection, but the alt key does something weird when I want to subtract. It instead drags the whole of Krita around the screen. :distorted_face:

Any ideas why this is happening?

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This is a feature of the Linux window manager. You can turn it off in the OS settings, probably by disabling its global keyboard shortcut.

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Great that sounds about right, I’ll have a look to see if I can resolve it then come back to report the results. Thanks :+1:

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Fixed. It was in the Preferences>Windows>Behaviour Tab, then I disabled the ‘Special key’.

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Many thanks - this was driving me crazy! Because I use Krita and not much else on my computer these days, I hadn’t realised it was a broader problem that affected everything else :sweat_smile:

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Glad you fixed it!

I’m curious, what distro or desktop environment still do that? It looks like GTK widget; so I assume something like PopOS or Mint?

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Yes, It’s Mint Cinnamon - I’ve been using it for only a couple weeks now, having spent a whole 6 months fighting against Zorin’s big glitches. So far it’s pretty good and definitely seems more stable!