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Layers are a key part of any complex editing project, and getting comfortable working with them and moving them around is a great step on your GIMP learning path.

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GIMP’s layer handling isn’t perfect, but it’s easy enough to move a single layer around, or even several layers at once. 

A Quick Guide to the GIMP Move Tool

As you might expect, the easiest way to move a layer or image in GIMP is using the Move tool.

You can find it at the very top of the toolbox, or switch to it using the helpfully obvious and easy-to-remember keyboard shortcut .

There is one essential thing about the Move tool that’s not immediately obvious, though.

Sharp-eyed readers will note the Tool Options panel in the bottom left of the screenshot above, and see that there are actually a couple of different options available.

By default, the Move tool is set to Move selection, which means you could try dragging your layers around all day and still never nudge them by a single pixel.

You’ll need to switch the Move tool into Move layers mode by clicking the small layers icon (see below).

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