Method

GimpImageselect_item

since: 2.8

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

Type: GimpChannelOps

The desired operation with current selection.

item

Type: GimpItem

The item to render to the selection.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE on success.