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4<!-- section history:
5  2007-10-09 j.h: no change needed for v2.4
6  2007-05-16 Added Spanish translation by AntI
7  2007-02-11 KoSt: added 'no'
8  2006-07-29 lexa: patch from julien that includes suggestions by Sally
9  2005-09-09 de added; reviewed by axel.wernicke
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11<sect2 id="gimp-edit-clear">
12  <title>Clear</title>
13
14  <indexterm>
15    <primary>Layer</primary>
16    <secondary>Clear</secondary>
17    <tertiary>Clear layer content</tertiary>
18  </indexterm>
19  <indexterm>
20    <primary>Selection</primary>
21    <secondary>Clear selection content</secondary>
22  </indexterm>
23  <indexterm>
24    <primary>Clear</primary>
25  </indexterm>
26
27  <para>
28    The <guimenuitem>Clear</guimenuitem> command deletes everything
29    in the current selection. If there is no current selection,
30    the contents of the active layer are removed. If the active
31    layer has an alpha channel, the deleted selection is made
32    transparent. You can restore the original color to the transparent
33    area using the Eraser tool, by setting it to Anti-Erase. If the
34    layer does not have an alpha channel, the deleted area is
35    filled using the current background color.
36  </para>
37  <para>
38    Clearing a selection does not delete the selection itself. Unlike
39    <quote>Cut</quote>, <quote>Clear</quote> does not place the deleted
40    contents in the Clipboard and the contents of the clipboard are
41    unaffected.
42  </para>
43
44  <sect3>
45    <title>Activate the Command</title>
46    <itemizedlist>
47      <listitem>
48        <para>
49          You can access this command from the image menubar through
50          <menuchoice>
51            <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
52            <guimenuitem>Clear</guimenuitem>
53          </menuchoice>,
54        </para>
55      </listitem>
56      <listitem>
57        <para>
58          or by using the keyboard shortcut <keycap>Delete</keycap>.
59        </para>
60      </listitem>
61    </itemizedlist>
62  </sect3>
63</sect2>
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