Method

GimpImageselect_item

Declaration [src]

gboolean
gimp_image_select_item (
  GimpImage* image,
  GimpChannelOps operation,
  GimpItem* item
)

Description [src]

Transforms the specified item into a selection

This procedure renders the item’s outline into the current selection of the image the item belongs to. What exactly the item’s outline is depends on the item type: for layers, it’s the layer’s alpha channel, for vectors the vector’s shape.

This procedure is affected by the following context setters: gimp_context_set_antialias(), gimp_context_set_feather(), gimp_context_set_feather_radius().

Available since:2.8

Parameters

operation GimpChannelOps
 

The desired operation with current selection.

item GimpItem
 

The item to render to the selection.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Returns: gboolean
 

TRUE on success.