Moveable/Dockable Toolbar

[Pafoofnik]

Please make the toolbar moveable, dockable, repositionable, sticky--however you'd like to say it. 

I'm right-handed and it never made any sense to my why PS had their toolbar on the lefthand side of the workspace. This requires moving the mouse back and forth from the panel area to the toolbar. Since they made the toolbar dockable, I moved to to the right side of the screen, docking it to the left side of the panels. It makes a world of difference and eliminates one little workflow annoyance. Anyone wanting to keep the toolbar on the lefthand side could do so but I'd really like the option to dock it on the right. Thanks!

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

In case it helps, though you cannot Dock the tools on the right, you can undock the Tools panel from the left and drag it over to the right and float it there. Using the View menu, disable View > Dock Tools and then you can drag the panel somewhere else.

[Pafoofnik]

Thank you, Walt! I nominate you for a Nobel Prize! This solves half of the problem. (I also see the value in displaying the tools in a single column rather than the two columns the floating toolbar uses.) Maybe Affinity can consider the other 1/2.

I just purchased the app and though I have certification as an Adobe PS Expert, I'm getting my feet wet with Affinity Photo. I never bought into the Adobe subscription model; I'd no sooner rent software than I would rent someone else's pants. I also recommended the Affinity programs to my photo club so if a flood of hundreds of thousands of orders come in today, I, modestly, probably deserve the credit (tee-hee).

Thanks, again!

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

View > Customize Tools will let you specify the number of columns, but if you configure it for 1 column you'll lose the color wells at the bottom. It's up to you whether that' important, of course

[Pafoofnik]

OK, you're on a roll. One last question: is there an equivalent for the PS Paths panel? I've searched but can't find any. The Transform panel doesn't do it. Thanks in advance.

[walt.farrell]

Sorry, I've no idea what that panel does or why one would use it.

[Pafoofnik]

OK. Just for the record, the thumbnail on the PS Paths panel shows any paths that have been drawn on an image. Those paths can be saved on the Paths panel and then retrieved at a later time for adjustment or any other purpose..

[Jeremy Bohn]

I used to use Paths in Photoshop. You can get vector paths and shapes in Photo by using the Pen tool. They would just show up in the Layers panel. There is no specific Paths panel. Photoshop paths also have more functionality (that I can see) that possibly Serif could add down the road, like converting a path to a selection and vice versa.

[Pafoofnik]

Thanks. I just picked up the program today and was just looking for low-hanging fruit that was missing. I'd imagine a lot will be added to Photo with time. After all, if it had everything PS has, it'd be Photoshop and not Photo!