Defloat
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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
More examples"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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