Default colour selection option to Swatches

[migo33]

Hi

In Affinity Publisher each time I go to select a fill/ stroke colour it defaults to the Colour tab. how can I change it to open the Swatches tab by default?

Thanks

Mike

[Meinona]

I have exactly the same question! Would be great if this were possible (and not just having the swatches view open somewhere else on your screen).

[Joachim_L]

Welcome to the Affinity forums @Meinona and @migo33.

Simplest would (made this for myself) be to have Swatches and Colour panel not being grouped, but a single panel of their own.

[Dan C]

Hi @migo33 & @Meinona,

My apologies for the delayed response here, we are extremely busy following our 1.9 update and working from home is unfortunately extending our response window to be longer than normal, many thanks for your continued patience and understanding here.

Unfortunately when opening the Fill / Stroke colour options from the Context Toolbar, it's not possible to set a default for which panel is shown and the app will always default to the 'Colour' option here, my apologies.

I will move your post to the feedback section of our forums for our devs to see and consider adding this option in the future - I hope this helps!

[migo33]

Thanks @Dan C

No worries, another option is simply remember the last selection state. This type of functionality exists in many applications and allows users to be more productive with less UI interference.

Mike

[Brock]

This would be an awesome option. I always use swatches to the fill option in the toolbar is a little annoying.