## Chapter 16. Menus

## 1. Introduction to Menus

There are many places in GIMP where you can find menus. The aim of this chapter is to explain all the commands that are accessible from the main menu at the top of GIMP's window, and the main menu you get by right clicking the canvas. All context menus and menu entries for other dialogs are described elsewhere in the chapters that describe the dialogs themselves.

### 1.1. The Main Menu

The main menu in multi-window mode.

| Note
The main menu may contain additional entries if you have added scripts or plug-ins.

### 1.2. Context Menus

If you right-click on certain parts of GIMP's interface, a “context menu” opens, which allows access to additional commands related to where you clicked. Some places where you can access context menus are:

- Right-clicking on an image window displays the Main menu. This is useful when you are working in full-screen mode, without a menu bar.

- Right-clicking on a layer in the Layers Dialog or on a channel in the Channels Dialog displays functions for the selected layer or channel.

- Right-clicking on the Main Menu bar has the same effect as left-clicking.

- Right-clicking on the title bar displays functions which do not belong to GIMP, but to the window manager of your computer.

### 1.3. Tab menus

The “Tab Menu” is not related to the Main Menu, but mentioned here for the sake of completeness:

Every dockable dialog contains a Tab Menu button . Pressing this Tab Menu button opens a special menu of tab-related operations, with an entry at the top that opens the dialog's context menu.

Figure 16.1. A dockable dialog.

The Tab menu.

See Section 2.3.2, “Tab Menu” to learn more about Tab menus.

7.10. Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog |  | 2. The “File” Menu

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