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Nickolai Leschov
Asked: 2013-08-16 06:11:17 +0800 CST

GIMP doesn't show Tools window

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I have installed GIMP 2.8.4 on Ubuntu 13.04 (via standard repositories). My problem is I don't see Tools window (the one I used to show/hide with the Tab key). How can I make Tools window appear?

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7 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have this problem as well. Sometimes the tools window is inside another screen.

    Shortcut:

    Ctrl + B

    Try the following.

    • under the Windows tab click Single Window Mode
    • if the tools window isn't inside the main window, use the Windows tab again and click Dockable dialogs → Tool options.

    If the tools and layer box didn't go inside your main gimp window try toggling the Single Window Mode. This helps sometimes.

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  2. From the GIMP menu select Windows -> Toolbox

    Shortcut Ctrl + B

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  3. Make sure you don't have the Windows->Hide docks option enabled.

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  4. From GIMP 2.8.10, the menu changed a little bit: From the GIMP menu you can open the toolbox in 2 ways:

    Windows -> New Toolbox

    Tools -> New Toolbox

    Shortcut still works:

    Ctrl + B

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  5. In my case, the problem was caused by trying to display Brightness/Contrast window on an index color profile which Gimp does not allow. Switching to the single-window mode as illustrated in the accepted answer made the error message easier to find. The solution was slightly different in my case: Convert the image to RGB via Image, Mode, RGB and then try again to show the Brightness/Contrast dialog.

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  6. If you are opening the Gimp Toolbox with Ctrl-B because you do not see it and after closing and restarting Gimp the Toolbox is not showing again, check that Windows > Hide docks option is not selected.
    Unchecking this will allow the Gimp Toolbox to be shown on a new start.

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  7. Tab will show/hide "Docks". Or right click anywhere in the interface, which will bring up "Windows".. then everything everyone else said.

    This was my issue.

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