Claudio Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hi There, I used to work with Photoshop but I'm a beginner with Affinity Designer... so sorry if my question is stupid, but I'm definitely not able to find how to display the cursor's coordinates (X and Y) in real time. Is there a kind of Info Panel or any other option? Thanks a lot for your help! Cheers Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hi Claudio :) If you go to the View menu and choose Studio->Info then the info panel should appear. Hope that does what you're looking for :) Thanks, Matt JaapFoto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elhardt Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I too was wondering how to display cursor X , Y coordinates. I went to the View->Studio-> as described above, but there is no Info menu item to choose. I'm still playing around with the Beta trying to decide if I want to buy it. Was this feature added after the Beta version, or does it still not exist? Thanks for an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Hi Matt, Too bad but when I choose Studio -> Info I don't see any "Info Panel" :-( The options I see are Colour, Transform, Layers, Stroke, Effects, History, Styles, Navigator, Swatches, Brushes. Below I have Hide Studio and Reset Studio. I tried to reset it but I never got an option that sound similar to "Info Panel"... I bought Affinity Designer a couple of days ago in the App Store, so I should have the brand new version... What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help! Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 19, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2015 Hi Elhardt and Claudio, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) MattP's reply was referring to Affinity Photo. In Affinity Designer you can get that info (although not cursor coordinates in real time) from the Transform panel in the bottom right of the interface for both objects and nodes. corbettcreative 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 @Matt : thanks, I won't have to ask the same question regarding the Info Panel in Affinity Photo, you were faster than me ;-) @MEB : ok with the Transform Panel, however the cursor coordinates in real time would be more than a "nice to have" in your next release ;-) Thanks to all of you guys! Cheers Claude gridflash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpowers01 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 So far, I'm very happy with Affinity Designer as an alternative to Ai. However, one thing that I would request is that the addition of a persistent real time x,y coordinate for the cursor position be available as at least an option. The ruler bars and Transform tab coordinates don't provide the real time cursor position feedback I need for my workflow. Something in the statusbar of the application, or dock-able panel would be nice. Thank you for the consideration. gridflash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Hi, gpowers01, This is just out of curiosity. Why do you need/use a real time cursor reading? AD will provide a real time readout to 2 decimal places if you are moving something really small, like a .24 pt circle, but myself, I can't manually position finely enough to get it at a whole integer position, much less a tenth or hundredth. mac_heibu 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, gpowers01 said: So far, I'm very happy with Affinity Designer as an alternative to Ai. However, one thing that I would request is that the addition of a persistent real time x,y coordinate for the cursor position be available as at least an option. The ruler bars and Transform tab coordinates don't provide the real time cursor position feedback I need for my workflow. Something in the statusbar of the application, or dock-able panel would be nice. Thank you for the consideration. This is a feature of Photo, but not Designer, unfortunately. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 There very cool app called xScope that will display coordinates just to the right of the cursor, it can also zero to a point of the screen so say the document corner and as long as the document doesn't move you have a viable coordinate display. (would be neat if xScope could track that zeroed corner) Another feature in the xScope arsenal is a floating ruler that can be rotated, you can also display multiple rulers. 276ccm 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveP Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I would find this very useful as well. The ruler values on a retina display are virtually unreadable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Hi All, I'm newbie in Affinity Photo. I would like to have coordinate XY in transform tab in mm instead of px. Thank you for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Hi @Bichnm The display is in document units. So both the Transform panel and Info panel will display in whatever you have set for that. Select the Hand Tool and change the Units to whatever you want on the Context Toolbar. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Thank you @toltec for the information, but it fixed a half of issue. Coordinate X,Y got in mm but W,H still in px. Some ideas about it?AP mine I set it in FR. So read L --> W; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 41 minutes ago, Bichnm said: Coordinate X,Y got in mm but W,H still in px Works for me I just set units to Millimetres using the hand tool menu, as shown on my first post. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I will try it in EN keyboard ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hey toltec, you work AP on MacOs or windows ? Mine is an old Macbook pro in mid-mars 2009, with MacOs 10.11El Capitan. Did you think that due to my old version of OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Behaves equally odd (the same as you @Bichnm do see), here APh running on MacOS under El Capitan. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hi Bichnm, Welcome to Affinity Forums Please download the latest Customer Beta from here and let us know if you are still experiencing this issue. Bichnm 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hi MEB, Will do it immediately while back home! Not have my macbook with me! Will keep you in touch once downloaded the customer Beta, And thanks a lot for replying me for my issue! Have a good weekend to you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 To be completed about my issue on APh for computer version 1.6.11 with Macbook Pro 2009, MacOs EL CAPITAN. Steps to reproduce the behavior : 1- Launch APh, open a file 2- use hand, and change units to mm, transdorm and info, X,Y and W,H are change to mm, GREAT!!! 3- click on Rectangular marquee tool, either in Transform or Info, displayed in px again, 4- neither language in EN nor in FR, GOT SAME ISSUE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Hello @MEB, I'm back. I clicked onto the link you saw in your last post, that is for Designer! My issue is on the Photo. So I can't say my problem is fixed or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 6, 2018 Staff Share Posted December 6, 2018 Here's the correct link, sorry (also corrected my post above). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hello @MEB, I'm back. So sorry to reply you too late. I have other fish to fry !!! So, the issue is still there. I downloaded the last Beta version (1.7.0.106). Neither in FR nor in US language the issue is the same. In Info, i got the coordinates and dimensions in mm. But while released the cursor dimensions W/H are lost. But in TRANSFORM what everor dimensions still in px. the coordinates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichnm Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Hello @MEB, Work around : Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1/- Launch the APhoto 2/- Display Studio/Infos then select transform 3/- Open a file, in View Tool/Units select mm or cm 4/- Use Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a rectangular form, all dimensions are in px (issue) 5/- Click on Info tab, ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm, yoooouuuuppppiiiii. And the dimensions W/H are still there not lost as described in previous post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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