Straight Pen Tool

[Designstuff123]

I’m using the pen tool and I only want to make Horizontal and vertical straight lines, no diagonal. Is there a way to make it so it’s exactly like that without it going a bit diagonal? Thanks!

[Chul]

It's kind of hard to tell what you're looking for without an example... But a straight line, basically? Hold shift as you draw.

[Dan C]

Hi Designstuff123

When using the Pen tool you can hold a modifier finger down on the screen to create curves in straight lines, however this doesn't constrain your lines to exactly horizontal or vertical. For this, I recommend creating a grid over your document, then turn snapping on and set your options to Snap to Grid. You can then draw using the pen tool whilst being constrained to horizontal/vertical lines. 

Please see the following video for more - https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/designer/ipad/video/272733789

[Dan C]

1 minute ago, Chul said:

But a straight line, basically? Hold shift as you draw.

This is the keyboard modifier for desktop, but as the customer is using iPad this can be achieved using the 1 finger modifier, as explained above

[Chul]

Oops!! My bad, didn't see the  key word "iPad" before I hit submit reply!