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: GimpChannelOpsThe desired operation with current selection. 
- item
- 
            Type: GimpItemThe item to render to the selection. The data is owned by the caller of the method.