### 7.6. Anchor Floating Layer or Mask

If you have created a floating selection, a temporary layer, called a „floating layer“ or „floating selection“, is added to the layer stack. As long as the floating layer persists, you can only work on that layer.

To work on the rest of the image, you must „anchor“ the floating layer to the former active layer with the Anchor Floating Layer or Mask command; or convert it to a new layer with the To New Layer command. The anchor menu command is only visible if a floating selection is present.

| Anmerkung
Wenn eines der Auswahlwerkzeuge aktiviert ist, wird der Mauszeiger mit einem Anker-Symbol versehen, sobald er sich außerhalb des ausgewählten Bereiches befindet.

#### 7.6.1. Aufruf des Befehls

- You can access this command from the main menu through Layer → Anchor Floating Layer or Mask.

- You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H.

- From the Layers Dialog, you can access it through the Anchor Floating Layer or Mask command of its context menu, or by clicking on the icon button on the bottom of that dialog.

#### 7.6.2. Andere Methoden, eine schwebende Auswahl zu verankern

Please refer to Abschnitt 4.5.4, „Eine schwebende Auswahl verankern“

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