CodyHill Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 How can I add the fill and stroke color inside the tool bar like in this picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, CodyHill said: How can I add the fill and stroke color inside the tool bar like in this picture? View -> customize tools -> Number of columns: 2 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyHill Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) I would prefer one column with a color chooser too - like in Adobe CC. Two columns is a waste of space. Edited May 23, 2020 by Jowday Replaced color picker with color chooser Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyHill Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jowday said: I would prefer one column with a color picker too I would that too. I need to get used to the way my tools are positioned rn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, CodyHill said: I would that too. I need to get used to the way my tools are positioned rn. We can move them around, something I keep telling myself to do... Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) On 5/22/2020 at 10:15 PM, Old Bruce said: We can move them around, something I keep telling myself to do... Indeed you can, but this is just easier for the eyes to navigate from and to all the time. And the waste of horisontal screen is minimal. Compared to this: If you really need the color chooser there then 3-4 columns and a floating toolbar makes more sense - looks so much better and is easier to decode: Edited May 23, 2020 by Jowday Replaced color picker with color chooser Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 My 2 cents... So far in about 6 years I have had the color circles in my tools, and I never use them. So, in my opinion, if you want to have your tools in a single column I would have to say you will have lost very little. If the color well was over there, then maybe I could see a use. I mainly use AD, maybe with APh it would be handier. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 45 minutes ago, Gear maker said: My 2 cents... So far in about 6 years I have had the color circles in my tools, and I never use them. So, in my opinion, if you want to have your tools in a single column I would have to say you will have lost very little. If the color well was over there, then maybe I could see a use. I mainly use AD, maybe with APh it would be handier. Obviously I have used it more and wider for what... 25 years... In Photoshop et al. When hiding all the annoying studio bars it is an elegant place to have access to it AND to monitor if black or white is selected. Especially when working with masks. It is there for a reason in Photoshop, Illustrator and Affinity. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Jowday said: Obviously I have used it more and wider for what... 25 years... In Photoshop et al. When hiding all the annoying studio bars it is an elegant place to have access to it AND to monitor if black or white is selected. Especially when working with masks. It is there for a reason in Photoshop, Illustrator and Affinity. I've used PS since version 5. You have your opinion and I have mine. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 33 minutes ago, Gear maker said: I've used PS since version 5. You have your opinion and I have mine. - "Take my advice! I am a doctor!" - "But are you are good doctor??" It is not about opinions but individual workflows and needs. I used it and monitored it from there for as long as I can remember. It have there in PS/Illustrator but not in Affinity. Find it very useful. You don't use it - aha - not relevant for my request. Also there is no logic usability-wise to hide it in 1-column mode - hence Adobes smaller model used in many workflows. Always there, handy. Unlike the studio-tab mess. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyHill Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Gear maker said: So, in my opinion, if you want to have your tools in a single column I would have to say you will have lost very little. I have also worked in Photoshop / Illustrator since CS 4, maybe the Affinity way fit you batter. But for me just makes the progress a bit annoying having to go to color tab every time I need to change the color. 7 hours ago, Old Bruce said: We can move them around, something I keep telling myself to do... I have moved them around too many times to find a nice balance but the 2 column part is the annoying part. Hard to enplane. However this is the version that I use now and it seems ok so far. Gear maker and Jowday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Jowday said: Also there is no logic usability-wise to hide it in 1-column mode - hence Adobes smaller model used in many workflows. Always there, handy. Unlike the studio-tab mess. The reason is that it is wider than the single width column allows, so it only shows in multiple width columns. Like CodyHill says for all my color decisions I go to the color panel which is top right of the screen. So it doesn't make sense to me to go to the middle left of the screen to toggle or empty the color disks when it can be also done in the top right. Whatever works for you is what you should use. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Gear maker said: The reason is that it is wider than the single width column allows, so it only shows in multiple width columns. Of course. The reason why it is not shown in the single column mode is really because it requires extra code and development because of an initial wrong design decision. Look below. Adobe simply developed a responsive color chooser - problem solved. 10 hours ago, Gear maker said: Whatever works for you is what you should use. But I can't use something that is not there and thus my request. You assume it is active all the time on the top right - but I activate several studio tabs all the time and constantly have to reactivate the color studio tab no matter how I arrange them. And I work a lot with the studio panels hidden (control + shift + H) - now not knowing if black or white or whatever is selected, especially annoying when working with layer masks. So we are back to why Adobe made a responsive color chooser in their widely used programs: people need it there for good reasons. Edited May 23, 2020 by Jowday Replaced color picker with color chooser Dazmondo77 and Intuos5 2 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Bumping this idea 🙂 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Jowday said: Bumping this idea 🙂 This topic is in the Questions forum, not the Feature Requests forum. Bumping doesn't do much here, as this isn't where Serif looks for enhancement suggestions. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: This topic is in the Questions forum, not the Feature Requests forum. Bumping doesn't do much here, as this isn't where Serif looks for enhancement suggestions. Scream 😄 @Patrick Connor pretty please? 🙂 Dazmondo77 1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted February 5, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2021 Don't @ me I am a QA with no influence on new features. Also don't @ staff Dazmondo77 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos5 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I made a separate feature request, where you can voice your opinion on this here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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