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In Gimp, what is the easiest (fewest clicks/keyboard shortcut/setting change) way to find the dimensions of a given layer in a PSD file?

Is

"Layers window"→<right click>→"Scale layer"

the only way?

Could the "Move tool" provide this info, or is there a setting that enables the display of this information by default?

Daniel Andersson
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  • `Scale layer` is the only way I am aware of. Which operating system are you using? – iglvzx Apr 25 '12 at 23:05
  • I'm currently on ubuntu 11.10, but also use gimp in Win7 – Evan Apr 25 '12 at 23:10
  • Is there a reason for using .psd with Gimp? – clabacchio Apr 26 '12 at 08:41
  • Yes. PSD is the file format that I am receiving images in. I don't have control over the format. However, I am guessing that PSD vs XCF makes little difference in regard to identifying layer dimensions at a glance; I could be wrong though. – Evan Apr 26 '12 at 15:43
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    Good question! Something like the Photoshop info panel would be helpful (although I find even that to be unintuitive sometimes). – Jason Feb 15 '13 at 16:21
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    I use `Layer > Layer Boundary Size`. – maan81 Feb 22 '13 at 06:46
  • Does Layer->Layer boundary size do what you want? –  Jul 30 '14 at 14:46
  • This now has an answer [here, on StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18057252/786559) -- Use the Status bar with %x, %y – Ciprian Tomoiagă Aug 09 '22 at 20:37

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this plugin may be useful, it states that it shows a floating window with the active layer's dimensions: http://registry.gimp.org/node/26317

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