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This is an important reminder. I'm definitely guilty of overlooking this information on occasion.

Fix confirmed, working as expected in all betas v. 2.4.0.2279 Thanks to the Serif dev team for getting this resolved. Happiness.

Application? All (Designer/Photo/Publisher) Latest Version? Yes (2.3.0.2165) Reproducible? Yes Happen for New Document? Yes OS? Windows 11 (23H2) 10.0.22631, 11th Gen i7, 16GB RAM Hardware Acceleration? On What Happens? If the last thing you've 'touched' is any detached/floating panel, the default Windows keyboard shortcut to close a program, ALT F4, closes the panel instead. What's Expected? ALT-F4 should *only* close the program, never a panel or just a document. To Reproduce? Create new document. Have at least one panel detached/floating. Click on that panel. Type ALT + F4 Unusual Hardware? None Work Before? I believe this existed in v1.x Recent Changes? None Other? I mistakenly posted this originally under Feedback. I see that as the post author, I can hide that. Not sure if that's preferred or not. (Not trying to double post an issue. Rather, posting here as a bug report as suggested.)

Silly me, had missed that rather obvious fact, so thanks! Personally, I would rather panels never close by keyboard shortcut. Having Tab hide/reveal all the panels/the Studio is perfect for me. I didn't realize that CTRL-F4 didn't close documents. Hmm.

You might be technically correct re: intention, though I wouldn't say omission in the help docs is an indicator; they're pretty sparse in places. (However, I'm happy to see that the help docs are improving.) I think we can agree that Serif started with Adobe's platform as, shall we say, inspiration. Understandable as they have dominated the space literally for decades, and for good reason—confiscatory rental model notwithstanding. Serif has made it clear that they're not trying to directly copy anyone, and in many cases the Affinity suite offers the same or even better functionality. There are, however, instances where they deviate from UI "norms" that have existed for many years in ways that don't make sense (to many of us), and hurt the workflow. To me, this is the case here. In Affinity when adding to/subtracting from a selection, it's identical to Photoshop: The cursor coordinates are updated in real time*, as is the width and height of the new selection. The difference is in Affinity, when you release the mouse, nothing is shown. In Photoshop, the updated dimensions of the selection are shown. Again, to me, this is logical: Why would you not show the dimensions of a selection in the Info panel? Also, I may be missing your point or expectation, but in my work in design and publishing over quite a few years, I've never added to or subtracted from a selection using the Info panel. Maybe there's a great use case that hasn't gotten through my thick skull. FWIW, my point in commenting here was to agree with the validity of the original post, not to bash Serif. I have great respect for the leadership, the team, the work they have done and continue to do, and the very solid software they've built. To their credit, they do listen and respond. * On my Windows 11 system (11th gen i7/16gb RAM), there is a noticeable lag updating the info while dragging.

Not that I'm aware of, at least not in my ancient (CS6?) version; there has to be a pixel selection. It does/did however show the coordinates and change of position as you drag or resize something. Affinity mostly mirrors this functionality as well, albeit with a very noticeable lag, at least on my system.

Thanks. Yes, I always save presets. As retentive as I am about my setup, that's a must.

Maybe I should have called the palettes panels. Would that help? Every time I close a panel with ALT-F4 instead of the app, like I just did, I exercise language skills that are NSFW. Serif, if I've done you any good ever (and I have, I promise), I'd like to cash in a few chips.

@bblackmoor’s request is valid and logical. My $0.02: Like many others, I use two monitors. My 'Studio' has all of the panels I use arranged carefully on the second monitor, and my document(s) on the main monitor. I have worked this way for many years; can't stand it otherwise. With all of my panels always open/visible, this issue is not a big deal for me. In fact, I was so accustomed to seeing the selection dimensions in the Transform panel, I wasn't even aware it didn't show up in the Info panel. But ... if/when you're not on multiple monitors (laptop, iPad...), and you keep the Info panel visible, not having a selection's dimensions there makes zero sense. It clearly knows what dimensions are—it shows them while you're dragging a marquee selection—yet they disappear when you release the mouse. The fact that the Info panel shows a glaringly-blank W: -- and H: -- while there is still a selection seems to demonstrate, rather clearly, that it's not working as intended and expected. The Affinity Info panel is designed to function like the Adobe Info panel which, logically, shows the dimensions of a selection. Given that the 'functionality' exists in the Transform panel may make this issue less than urgent to fix, but it is an issue nonetheless, IMHO. Hopefully this particular 'little thing' will get addressed soon; it sure seems like 'low-hanging fruit.' If you've read anything I've posted before, you know I'm a huge fan of Serif for building the Affinity Suite as an alternative to the abhorrent practice of software rental. And the suite has come a long way over the last 18-24 months. However, there are a number of 'little things' and missing basics that detract from the otherwise-good experience, especially for the professionals that Serif is targeting and needs to continue to grow. And I think we all want that.

If the last thing you've 'touched' is any (floating) palette, the Windows keyboard shortcut to close the program, ALT F4, closes the palette instead. Not the end of the world by any means, but super annoying especially if you're a two-monitor, floating palettes arranged just so kind of person. Which I am. And I've F4'd a palette more times than I can count, hence my finally coming here to ask for relief. Pretty please.

I had forgotten this didn't exist, and wasn't aware of this extra-convoluted workaround. There are so many times where you really need the opposite handles to mirror each other, and this workaround is clumsy, at best. (Although I am glad it exists and was posted here.) Considering this basic path editing function is available on the Mac and not Windows (and every other vector program I'm aware of) really does add to the frustration.

Thanks for this fantastic addition! Would love to have keyboard shortcuts to activate each of the available fields. So, in Windows, ALT + H would be equivalent to clicking the Horizontal field, i.e., highlighted, ready to type new value or turn on/off. Tabbing through the fields already works great. Suggested: H - Horizontal V - Vertical D - Distance A - Angle P - Duplicate C - Number of Copies For those of us who do everything possible by keyboard, additions like these keyboard shortcuts (and the new function itself) make us much faster/more productive.

Having a universal/application preference for guide colors does actually make sense. As mentioned above, there are definitely use cases. Side note: Civility and grace are almost always appreciated. And helpful.

Love this. Small change, huge productivity increase.

Careful editing will always be my choice over auto capitalization. Auto capitalization (really, any form of auto correct) often leads to non-highlighted, uncaught errors without good editing. AI-type solutions can help, but if it's remotely important, I want human eyes on my work before it's published.