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This command is found at
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Select Float converts a normal selection to a Floating Selection.
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Floating selections were used in the first ages of GIMP to perform
operations on a limited part of the image. Nowadays, you can do that
more easily with layers. This option is persisting. More, a float is
automatically created when you move a selection using the move
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Once the wanted operations have been performed on the floating
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