CleanLivin Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Building a poetry/photo book. I have severe tremors. Now, when I have a spread on the black "workspace" using the Mac Mouse, my spread is constantly moved from side to side on the black "workspace" and I have to realign the spread back into the center of the "workspace". Is there a way to "lock down" the spread in the workspace to stop this problem caused by my tremors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Hi @CleanLivin, Sorry to hear you're having trouble! This is a core function that Affinity uses from Mac OS and unfortunately I don't believe it's possible to disable this functionality currently - either in Affinity or within Mac OS settings (without using the Console to disable it outright), my apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanLivin Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 I have a degenerative neuromuscular disease, so the tremors are just a part of it. It seems to me as a past software developer on the SGI/Cray Super Computers it would be an easy feature to add for "Handicapped" folks and certainly beneficial to those like myself. Very impressed with your Publisher and after I get this first of two books done, by September, I'll take a look at Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I'm sorry to hear this and I certainly can see this would be a helpful feature for users such as yourself. I'll move this thread to the Feedback section of our forums and log this as an improvement with our developers. I hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanLivin Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Very kind of you! Will be appreciated by others I am sure. I think many that enter the last stages of their lives will wish to provide some record of there having been here, as I do. Thus a market one may not be considering in the marketing of your product. Edited August 17, 2020 by CleanLivin Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanLivin Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 May I suggest, Lock the "spread" to the users chosen position, allow pressing down on the space bar to move the spread, remove to lock again. Press escape to clear the lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 3:47 PM, CleanLivin said: Now, when I have a spread on the black "workspace" using the Mac Mouse, my spread is constantly moved from side to side on the black "workspace" Now I do not have tremors and the same happens when I use Apple's flat mouse that has touch sensitive upper part. I propose you try normal mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanLivin Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 I tried the MS Mouse with dongle - locked on the axis but the roller feature to scroll vertically is "sticky". I'm must dealing with it for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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