OWD Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Hi there, i am new to Affinity and moved away from all adobe products because of the price-management. My question: is it possible to change the tools to small icons like in illustrator? I have all my tools i need on the right side but i want them smaller (by clicking the tool opens). I am using a MacBook 13" and the display is just too small for the work surface. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2020 Hi BMP, Welcome to the forums There is no way to change tool size at the moment I'm afraid. Thanks C OWD 1 Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 5 hours ago, BMP said: Hi there, i am new to Affinity and moved away from all adobe products because of the price-management. My question: is it possible to change the tools to small icons like in illustrator? I have all my tools i need on the right side but i want them smaller (by clicking the tool opens). I am using a MacBook 13" and the display is just too small for the work surface. Thanks. When you say 'tools' do you mean the various panels from the View > Studio > menu, Like Layers, Assets, Colour, Swatches etc.? If yes then you can undock them by dragging them out of the dock, they will now have a little 'x' in the upper left corner which will close them (not what you want) but if you double click on the name it will collapse down to just the width of the panel and the height of the name. you can even have them grouped together. Before and after ----------------------- ----------------------- ------------- ------------ ------------- OWD 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | 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...
OWD Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 Yes ... i mean the various panels of the studio. I want them as little squares like the tools on the left side. By clicking the tools they pop up and shows the hole menu. This would be nice to add in future. By the way: why is it not possible to export PNG's without background? This should be an option in the PNG panel. I know that you can choose this option in the document settings but this should be really in the export settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, BMP said: By the way: why is it not possible to export PNG's without background? Hi BMP it is possible to export as PNG without backgrond You need to have the layer that you want to export selected then change the option in the Area box of the export panel OWD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWD Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thanks for the tipp ... but this is really complicated. Would be better without selecting all the layers to export a PNG. But helps me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 …and by way of visual example the OP means this, showing icons with names and with names but essentially collapsed. OWD 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 5:02 PM, BMP said: but this should be really in the export settings. Export Persona. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWD Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 10 hours ago, firstdefence said: …and by way of visual example the OP means this, showing icons with names and with names but essentially collapsed. Exactly like this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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