lenogre Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I use a lot % zoom because I do often screenshot and I like to have same scale for everyones. In AD, it's a bit painful because we need to select the hand tool. In AI, % zoom is always displayed and easy to change. It would be great that AD displays permanently zoom %. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Have you tried using the Navigator Panel? It has a permanently-available zoom field – and slider – and, if you select Advanced from the ‘hamburger menu’, you can create your own preset areas/zooms which you can quickly select to navigate your document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 4 hours ago, lenogre said: I use a lot % zoom because I do often screenshot and I like to have same scale for everyones. In AD, it's a bit painful because we need to select the hand tool. In AI, % zoom is always displayed and easy to change. It would be great that AD displays permanently zoom %. I agree. I miss it too. The navigator is a one - or perhaps one and a half - trick pony. It takes up a lot of space too. I love the model with the zoom percentage shown in the status bar using a minimum of screen estate and providing a maximum of value. Adobe Illustrator CC 2021 - accessed from the status bar - my favorite because THATS WHERE I EXPECT TO FIND A STATUS 🙂 - a bit too long list though: CorelDRAW 2020 - accessed from the toolbar and with my favorite options: Gravit Designer Pro - accessed from the toolbar toolbar with zoom percentage displayed at all times as well: As for the navigator using a lot of space in Affinity apps - the navigation part alone is handled elegantly in CorelDraw 2020 using perhaps 16 x 16 pixels of screen estate: 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...
lenogre Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 10:56 AM, GarryP said: Have you tried using the Navigator Panel? It has a permanently-available zoom field – and slider – and, if you select Advanced from the ‘hamburger menu’, you can create your own preset areas/zooms which you can quickly select to navigate your document. Half of my screen are panels, so I don't want another panel but I agree it's a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 15 hours ago, lenogre said: Half of my screen are panels, so I don't want another panel but I agree it's a solution. Hence my earlier suggestions for Serif ^ 🙂 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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