Zooom tool minus jumps the document

[Petr Illek]

Hi,

I'm using Publisher for few weeks only, but I'm constantly struggling with one feature. If I press [Space] + [Command] the Zoom tool (+) is temporarily used even if I'm using another tool. If I click the mouse it zooms in on the selected location.

If I add [Alt] to the combination ([Space] + [Command] + [Alt]) the Zoom tool (-) appears. If I click the mouse it zooms out, but the document jumps some amount down. I was searching throughout the preferences, but did not find any related settings.

If I choose the the Zoom tool directly from the tool bar, it behaves correctly both for plus and minus.

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Petr

[MEB]

Hi petr.illek,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
I'm having trouble reproducing this here. Note that for zoom out you only need to press space + alt (not space + command + alt). Are you using any third party menu utility that may be affecting/interfering with the shortcuts?

[Petr Illek]

Hi Meb,

Thank you for quick reply. I tried to disable all extra extension I'm using, which may even remotely interfere with shortcuts, but it is still the same.

I've capture my screen showing what is happening with different zooming techniques.

Few notes for the video:

• brand new document (colour bars added to easily see the jumping)
• if there is only one page, no jumping occurred
• if I add few pages, the document shifting started (actually it is not only down, but sometimes it shift to side as well – didn't find the pattern in that yet.
• dragging left and right is zooming correctly
• using the zoom tool from the toolbar is ok as well

I've also attached the demo file in case you can see something in it.

Thank you for your time.

publisher-zoom.afpub

[MEB]

Hi Petr Illek,
 Thanks for the additional info and video 🙂 
I was checking in Affinity Designer (the bug report was filled in the Designer section). I will take a look in Publisher.

[Petr Illek]

I'm sorry for misleading you. Still new to the Affinity suite after 20 years with Adobe…

[MEB]

No worries!

[Petr Illek]

Hi Meb,

any luck reproducing/confirming the issue?

 

Thanks Petr

[MEB]

Hi Petr,
Yes, It's already logged to be looked at.

[AllAppsUser]

I see this is logged, so this observation may be of no matter.

My observation is - zooming out has a screen centering issue in relation to pages.

Click near bottom of a middle page (one with a page after it) and it jumps to the next page.

I've not been able to reproduce it at the top of the page.

Very disconcerting experience... a WTF! moment.

(I'm just getting  my teeth into the investment of seriously moving away from Adobe Suite.)

[AllAppsUser]

UM.. actually the centering issue is big.. I need to observe it more. Perhaps it should be a new thread!

I thought it was centering the screen on the point where you click the maginifier (both + and -) earlier... it's not doing it now....

[Petr Illek]

9 minutes ago, ProDesigner said:

(I'm just getting  my teeth into the investment of seriously moving away from Adobe Suite.)

I can only encourage you to do it. This zooming issue is the only annoyance I've found so far. It is annoying, big time, but still I don't regret the change.

To clarify: I've used Adobe until CS5, so my comparison is probably skewed.

[AllAppsUser]

3 hours ago, Petr Illek said:

To clarify: I've used Adobe until CS5, so my comparison is probably skewed.

I used Adobe Suite until CS6. Fundamentally disagree with the subscription model. On the grounds that it takes control of upgrades out of the hands of the user... every pro designer I know mutters like hell about the instability they have to deal with on live jobs as a result.

[Leijoona]

Hi @MEB,

Any news on this bug fix? I've moved from Illustrator to Designer, Photoshop to Photo, but this one small but extremely annoying bug is holding me from moving from Indesign to Publisher I'm surprised this is not talked about more on the forums. Is this only affecting some people, or are others using different techniques for zooming?

Thanks, and keep up the great work you're doing!

[md_germany]

Many will work with a trackpad - like me - and there it doesn't make it noticeable.

[MEB]

Hi @Leijoona, @md_berlin. @ProDesigner
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for your kind words. Unfortunately there wasn't progress here yet. I've updated/bumped this report to bring it up to devs attention again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience this is causing you all.

[Leijoona]

Thanks for the check MEB!