defloat
English
Etymology
de- + float.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧float
Verb
defloat (third-person singular simple present defloats, present participle defloating, simple past and past participle defloated)
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To cause (a visual element such as a tool palette) no longer to float over the rest of the application.
- 1995, Deke McClelland, Photoshop 3 for Macs for Dummies, →ISBN:
- Watch out for operations that defloat the selection. Deselecting the image defloats it, of course. You also defloat a selection if you clone it by Option-dragging, modify the selection outline by Shiftdragging, or enter the quick mask mode.
- 1999, Joshua Pruitt & Ramona Pruitt, SAMS Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours, →ISBN, page 68:
- There are two ways you can defloat a selection, or cause it to merge with your image.
- 2005, Paint Shop Pro 9 For Dummies, →ISBN, page 60:
- To defloat a selection, press Ctrl+Shift+F or choose Selections➪Defloat.
-
Anagrams
- floated