Defloat

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (a visual element such as a tool palette) no longer to float over the rest of the application. transitive

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From de- + float.

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