jackamus Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I often need to move two or more curve nodes at the same time. What often happens is the nodes may have their adjustment handles coincident with the node so when you want to move it the pointer picks up the handle rather than the node and instead of moving the node you transform the shape. My suggestion is that AD recognizes more than two nodes being selected and makes their handles inactive. I can't conceive of a situation where you would want to adjust a handle whilst having selected two or more nodes. Am I making sense? LilleG 1 Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 23, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hi jackamus, Hi believe those situations are rare. What i do in those cases is to select the nodes, then use the cursor keys to move (nudge) them. If you press ⇧ (shift) while using the cursor keys, you can move 10 pixels at a time rather than just one to speed up the process. Hope this helps. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hi MEB, LOL I've already been doing that and use it frequently. However there are times when... What is the smallest nudge that can be made to a node., snapping etc? Is it at the pixel level? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 23, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yes, if you press only the cursor keys the nodes will move just 1 pixel. If you press ⇧ (shift) simultaneously they will move 10 pixels. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Jackamus, FYI I fairly frequently have 2 or even more curves selected when adjusting control handles. If I have a couple shapes that share a common portion of the curve and I need to tweak them then I do a cmd + A to get all handles on all selected shapes visible so I can adjust all to keep the path identical. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 I understand that but in my case sometimes the handle may be right on top of the node and If I want to move the node and click on it then it is the handle that get selected rather than the node. This tends to happen when a straight line is involved. Using the curser keys, as MEB suggested, is OK if you want to move a group of selected nodes horizontally or vertically but to move them at an angle requires twice as much key-tapping. It would be so much easier to just drag them. Are we still reading from the same hymn-sheet? LilleG 1 Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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