Jakob Winter

Awesome little trick. For me it has been a kind of ignorant trial and error operation to get a layer to drop at the right place. Simply knowing to move it to the left to not get nested is so easy - now my movements are purposeful!
Crazy, how tiny bits of knowledge can have such a great impact on one's workflow 😀

I just learned about the trick of using a Gaussian Blur FX (instead of a live filter) to blur the edges of a layer I intend to use as a mask for another layer. It is an easy way of getting softer edges for a mask.
Sadly, this trick doesn't work on Masks. There I'd still have to use a Gaussian Blur live filter (which is somewhat cumbersome due to this bug...).
So, being able to apply a Gaussian Blur FX to a Mask would be amazing, particularly because it would remove one layer from the stack (since the FX lives on the layer itself).

Can we get a similar menu to Photoshops brush selection when right clicking? With size and hardness sliders? please pretty please. 
Painting really sucks because of that.

Currently the Paint Brush Tool has no function assigned for Right Click. I think it would make sense to add a 'Right Click' command to open up a small bar that shows the (8, 10, 12?, maybe customizable) recently used brushes. That would speed up the drawing process. Another way to use it would be to open a UI for changing the brush width and hardness.

When a mask is right clicked in Photoshop, the option of "Add Mask To Selection" is available.
It already exists in the Affinity Photo Menu -    Select\Selection From Layer , however adding it as a right click option like Photoshop would be great..