Re: cut and paste behavior

Posted by Wayne Rasband on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/cut-and-paste-behavior-tp3702929p3702930.html

> When I need to precisely move a portion of an image it is
> convenient to select the portion, cut, paste and then nudge
> it with arrow keys.
>
> This works great with the rectangular selection tool because
> when you paste it puts the portion of the object right back
> in it's original place and then allows you to nudge it as
> desired by tapping the arrow keys and getting single pixel
> precision in your movements.
>
> However the other selection tools (ellipse, freehand and
> arbitrary polygon) do not behave in this manner.  When you
> paste, the selected region seems to be pasted to the upper
> left hand corner of the image.  So you have to move it to
> get it back to it's original position and that can often be
> difficult when you are trying for pixel level precision.
>
> Do others see the same behavior?  Or is it somehow unique to
> my system?

This is a bug that is fixed in ImageJ 1.36.

-wayne