selfagency

ok, i identified the problem: i use macos' modifier keys settings to swap the windows/cmd and alt/option keys on the pc keyboard that i use on my mac. when i have the keyswap enabled, affinity cannot detect that i'm pressing the option key. when i turn it off, it works. so that's a bug that needs fixing.

yes, i'm saying that when i hold down option and click, it's giving me that error.

i'm using the new affinity photo 2 on macos ventura and when i press the option button to do things like select the area i want to replicate with the stamp tool, the cursor never changes and when i click i get an error saying i need to select an area. this happens on all such tools. update: if i turn off my the modifier key config i have that swaps the cmd and option keys in macos settings, it works. so it appears that affinity is ignoring macos modifier key settings.