I accidentally dragged part of the Gimp tool box into a bad place and it created a small window that had tool options that I would normally use to change the size and aspect ratio of my paintbrush. Then I clicked the red X on the top right corner of that window, thinking it would just go back to where it was Because I couldn't put it back, It did not reappear and Now I cant get it to appear at all. I have reopened Gimp several times and looked for other answers regarding resetting the toolbox window and my paintbrush editor will not come back no matter what I do. Id rather not reinstall Gimp to fix this as I am afraid Ill lose all my art progress.
1 Answer
Your Toolbox window currently looks like this:
Double-click on the paintbrush icon in the Toolbox window. The Tool Options window appears:
In the Tool Options window, click on the small triangle-in-a-box, just below the window's title bar. (In this picture, it's below the X that closes the window.) In the pop-up menu that appears, make sure that the Lock Tab to Dock option does not have a checkmark beside it. If there is a checkmark there, click on Lock Tab to Dock to remove the checkmark. Otherwise, click on the desktop to make the pop-up menu disappear.
At the bottom of the Tool Options window, look for a mostly-blank area that says "You can drop dockable dialogues here". If you don't see that text, drag the bottom of the window frame down a bit.
Click-and-drag the Tool Options tab (not the title bar, but the tab immediately below it) and drop it into the bottom part of the Toolbox window. The Toolbox window should now include the Tool Options tab:
