wcostadesign Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hello everyone! I'm trying out the trial version of the affinity designer and was excited to buy the app. However, in a few hours working with him, I noticed a very irritating problem. sometimes when I try to drag and move a node, I can only move it on the second attempt. This is something that happens frequently, making work a little stressful. Has anyone ever experienced this? Do you know if there is a solution? At the beginning of the video you can see me clicking and trying to drag the node. And only get it on the second try 2020.11.23-14.52_Trim.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Welcome to the forums @wcostadesign I’ve never seen this before myself but it might be something to do with how your layers are nested, and/or the type of layer selected. Unfortunately we can’t see the selected layer in your Layers Panel. Would you be able to scroll the Layers Panel to the selected layer (with the nested layers ‘opened out’) so we can see what you are working on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted November 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi @wcostadesign I believe I know what's happening here, if you click on a node to select it, then click on a node again quickly to drag it, the app sees this as a double click and therefore doesn't move the node. You can test this by double clicking on any node and then dragging your mouse to move it - you'll see the node does not move. If you click on the node once, wait half a second and then click again (long enough for it to be seen as 2 single clicks) then you should find you can move nodes as expected. I hope this helps! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcostadesign Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 4 hours ago, GarryP said: Welcome to the forums @wcostadesign I’ve never seen this before myself but it might be something to do with how your layers are nested, and/or the type of layer selected. Unfortunately we can’t see the selected layer in your Layers Panel. Would you be able to scroll the Layers Panel to the selected layer (with the nested layers ‘opened out’) so we can see what you are working on? Thanks for your suggestion @GarryP . I don't think it has anything to do with layers because that also happens with new objects without layers. I did a test with what @Dan C said, and apparently it's really something that has to do with double-clicking 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcostadesign Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 45 minutes ago, Dan C said: Hi @wcostadesign I believe I know what's happening here, if you click on a node to select it, then click on a node again quickly to drag it, the app sees this as a double click and therefore doesn't move the node. You can test this by double clicking on any node and then dragging your mouse to move it - you'll see the node does not move. If you click on the node once, wait half a second and then click again (long enough for it to be seen as 2 single clicks) then you should find you can move nodes as expected. I hope this helps! Thank you very much man! I think that's really it .. Unfortunately I do this very often.😓 Is there any way to disable this double click block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted November 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 24, 2020 41 minutes ago, wcostadesign said: Is there any way to disable this double click block? Unfortunately not that I'm aware of, apologies. I'll add this as a feature request with our devs, to see if it's possible and can be considered for a future version Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcostadesign Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Dan C said: Unfortunately not that I'm aware of, apologies. I'll add this as a feature request with our devs, to see if it's possible and can be considered for a future version Thank you! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 46 minutes ago, wcostadesign said: Thank you very much man! I think that's really it .. Unfortunately I do this very often.😓 Is there any way to disable this double click block? I do not experience this unless I double click really fast - that tells me that Affinity (of course) uses the system double click setting that I changed to a setting requiring a fast double click before it is recognized as as one. Perhaps you can do the same? Dan C 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...
wcostadesign Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jowday said: I do not experience this unless I double click really fast - that tells me that Affinity (of course) uses the system double click setting that I changed to a setting requiring a fast double click before it is recognized as as one. Perhaps you can do the same? Yes! This is really what I needed to do. Problem Solved! Thank you very much for the suggestion! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 5 hours ago, wcostadesign said: Yes! This is really what I needed to do. Problem Solved! Thank you very much for the suggestion! 😁 Happy to help 🙂 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...
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