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That's a good idea, I'll do that. Thanks!

I'm running Affinity V2 on Windows 10 with a multi-monitor setup - three 4k displays and one 1080p display. We experience occasional power outages where we live, and it seems the sudden disconnect of a few of my monitors (the computer itself is on a UPS) before the generator kicks on is making floating palettes in the Affinity UI randomly disappear. I'm currently unable to do anything in Affinity Photo, because the tools palette has decided to render off-screen somewhere. If I take a screenshot of my entire desktop (all monitors combined), the tools palette doesn't appear anywhere. I've seen this with the color picker too, but in that case, activating it (e.g. by double-clicking a color swatch somewhere in the UI) puts focus on that window, and I can use system-wide Windows shortcuts (win+shift+arrow) to pop the dialog to one of my monitors. I can't do that with the tools palette, since I know of no way to make it grab mouse focus through another part of the UI. I finally had to reset the studio (very annoying, since I make a lot of changes right off to add more toolbar buttons) and restart Affinity Photo to get my tools back. It would be really useful if there was a way to jump all palettes and tool dialogs to the main application window with a keyboard shortcut.

Thanks. I found another bug with keyboard input in the UI: when I type in a list box to jump to a value, if I mistype, I can't retype the value without closing the dialog entirely and starting over. In V1, I could wait a moment and type again, and it would behave as though the control had just taken focus, and jump to the desired list item.

RGB/8, and I'm not currently using anything but the default sRGB profile with my projects as the document color setting. I'm choosing an ICC profile for my printer in the Affinity print dialog (not my printer driver's settings dialog).

I'm having a very strange problem. My setup involves Affinity V2.5.5 (full suite) on Windows 10 with an Epson RX595 printer using sublimation ink. I've been having some odd issues with certain types of images, but now I'm having serious print quality problems when printing from Affinity. I've narrowed this down by exporting my Affinity project to PDF and printing in Adobe Acrobat Pro - the output is not mangled (the banding in the dark area on the left side of the image). Both applications are using application color management with the same ICC profile, which was provided by the ink maker. Example is attached. Ignore the dot grid...I do test prints on scrap paper.

Yes. I've had terribly inconsistent results. When I design SVGs for import into Cricut's Design Space app, I always open them in Adobe Illustrator and resave them with the correct dimensions. Otherwise, it's such a headache. This seems to continue to be a problem in V2, unfortunately. Affinity just doesn't do a good job of understanding physical SVG dimensions.

This is happening for new documents, and I've verified it's happening on two different Windows 10 machines running 2.5.5. Repro: Create some page anchors in a text block. Type some more text, highlight, and attempt to add a hyperlink. In the dialog that opens, use keyboard input to navigate to the list of page anchors (i.e. Tab), then type to attempt to jump to a list value. Note the selected list value does not change. Press Enter. Note the list value is now updated. Press Enter again to close the dialog and create the hyperlink. Edit hyperlink from list of hyperlinks to validate the correct anchor is selected. This doesn't happen in V1. This also appears to happen with any list element when using keyboard navigation, at least in the Add Hyperlink dialog. For example, the same problem occurs when trying to type a letter to jump to a value in the list of link types. Edit: Also, as an aside, I have to hit Tab twice get to the dropdown in the Add Hyperlink dialog. In V1, the list anchor types defaults to the selected form element when the dialog opens, so I only have to hit Tab once to jump to the list of page anchors. This seems more natural than hitting Tab twice.

I, too, am very interested in this. I have a PDF of a product user guide, and the way it was compiled by the OEM means I need to split every page in half. Can APub do this?

It's better than nothing, but it's making it unnecessarily difficult to work on projects between platforms.,,

Since v1 and v2 are not intercompatible in any way, why not use a different file extension, or offer the ability to save in the older version of the file format? I use Mac and PC, but I do not use the latest MacOS. I need 32-bit support, so I'm using Mojave forever, and v2 won't let me save files that I can open on my Macs in v1. I definitely understand why there are incompatibilities due to new features and the like, but Adobe has an advantage here - every Adobe app I use allows me to save files in older versions of Adobe's file formats.

In any event, the panels take up way too much space on a low-resolution display. This is one feature Adobe has and Affinity needs.

Just here to add my feedback on this (old) suggestion. I use Affinity's Mac products on some older hardware with super low-res displays - my 13" MBP is only 1280x800; my 11" MBA is only 1366x768. It makes for a cramped UI - vertical collapsing would be super useful.

Thank you! I will definitely play around with this the next time I make a cutting project.

Is there a way to specify the output dimensions when exporting to SVG? I make a lot of SVGs for cutting and engraving, and I've had a terrible time getting my finished project from Designer to other software - the dimensions are always off, and I usually end up having to import the SVG into Illustrator to set the dimensions by inches (or mm) so I can cut/engrave it properly.

Count me as a user who would love EPUB export. I'm working on digitizing a rather large book, and for the time being, InDesign is still the best option for him, because it allows managing both the print and digital versions of the book from one application. He's not a techie, he's an author and an artist, and when you've got non-tech people using software, the fewer applications they have to learn, the better. Amazon just announced they're ending support for MOBI and AZW, and they're finally moving to EPUB. I think supporting this format is more relevant now than ever before because of Amazon's switch. As far as the format: I'm unconvinced it would necessarily be difficult to implement the HTML and CSS serializers to generate an EPUB file. Affinity Publisher documents are highly structured, if you create them properly. That makes it pretty trivial to convert to HTML/CSS - every entity on every page already contains all the information you need to include it in the final EPUB. Designer already supports continuous-flow text, which is what an EPUB requires, since ebook readers have no concept of physical pages (unless you force it, which isn't a good experience for the reader), and paragraph and text styles can readily be converted to CSS styles. If Affinity Designer supported EPUB export, it could be the software print authors turn to for their layout and digitizing needs. It's certainly a lot cheaper than any of Adobe's pricing options.