MikeV Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 When working on an element on a large format page and using zoom shortcuts (Command 1 to 4), the view goes to the centre of the page rather than to the selection. Often the selection ends up outside the new, tighter, viewing area requiring a repositioning. Is there a way to lock a zoom to centre on a selection that I have not found? If not my request is to provide that option/ability. It's something I have used constantly in that other software. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Does double-clicking on the object's thumbnail in the Layers panel help? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Thanks Walt, just learnt a new shortcut. However, not as simple/fast as hitting Command 1 to 4, as it means moving the cursor from the selection to the layers panel then finding/selecting that layer to double click, plus it seems to expand the selection to fill the frame rather than give the choice of one of the four steps of zoom that comes with the command/number shortcut. Is there a way to do the reverse – that's the other strength of the Command/number shortcut that you can just as easily step back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, MikeV said: Is there a way to do the reverse – that's the other strength of the Command/number shortcut that you can just as easily step back? If you know what zoom level you had, just use that shortcut again. 3 minutes ago, MikeV said: then finding/selecting that layer to double click, There is an "Autoscroll" option in the hamburger menu for the Layers panel, but it's never worked for me. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Had a play using Command/numbers to zoom out after a double-click zoom in – zoom out also centres on the page so is an issue – mostly okay for an A4 document – not so great for A2 when the selection is toward a page edge. Still coming to grips with every stroke or line on its own layer. Brought across an A2 ID document (via pdf) and have literally hundreds of layers on a page. However StudioLink more than makes up for the early shortcomings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 4 hours ago, MikeV said: Is there a way to lock a zoom to centre on a selection that I have not found? Hi @MikeV, try menu 'View > Zoom > Zoom to Selection'. On Windows the shortcut is CTRL+ALT+0 (on Mac I assume it is CMD+ALT+0). Is that what you are looking for? You also could configure it's keyboard shortcut to something that meets your preference. It seems CTRL+5 is not taken. d. Quote Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 One further tip along these lines: if you zoom by scrolling (opt-scroll on my configuration), the center of the zoom is wherever the pointer is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Hi dominik, Thanks for the heads-up. Found the shortcut – on Mac it's ⌘+⇧+O. Means using both hands on the keyboard so not ideal. Will look at configuration. m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Hi garrett, Brilliant! Much better that the ID approach I'm used to. Just need to develop new muscle memories – after twenty years using ID. Well worth the effort though. Thanks m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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