Resize Document and Resize Canvas Always Default to "Restrain" Lock On

[PeterinJapan]

Using Affinity Photo 1.8.6 on a fully updated Intel iMac running Mac OS 10.15.7 (19H15), I have the following extremely frustrating feature:

One thing I do a lot is join multiple images together, so I'm frequently using the Resize Document or Resize Canvas options. Unlike Photoshop, where you can easily change the height of your 720 px high image to be 1440 so you can add the 2nd graphic, Affinity Photo *always* has the "constrain" lock set to on, so making any change to the Y axis is reflected it the X axis. I have to manually turn this off, which means I can't automate anything or work quickly. 

(I am a big fan of Keyboard Maestro, a tool for automating pretty much anything, an hacking things with UI scripting if there's no other option. I see a user who is similiarly obsessive as me has made a 'hack' to fix this frustrating feature of AP, here https://infinitediaries.net/fixing-affinity-photoss-resize-canvas-with-keyboard-maestro/ .)

Please fix this frustrating aspect of AP! Either allow the "lock" to remember its last position (if unlocked, remain unlocked) or give us a preference to set the default we need. 

[walt.farrell]

You seem to be reporting a lot of differences between PhotoShop and Affinity Photo as bugs, Peter.

While I appreciate that they may feel frustrating, and may impede your workflow, just being different does not mean there's a bug. Perhaps some of these belong as feature requests instead?

[Move Along People]

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[Gabe]

Hi @PeterinJapan,

As Walt has already pointed this out, these are not bugs. Please don't report differences or suggesting in the bugs forum. We have a dedicated feature requests section: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/52-feature-requests-suggestions/