Using the Shift key (Keith B)

[Keith B]

My shift key  doesn't work as a shortcut in either designer or photos, suggestions please.

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Keith.  (You might like to edit your original post and give this thread a meaningful topic title.)

The Shift key is only a modifier, not a shortcut in its own right. Where are you trying to use it?

[Keith B]

I've watched a few tutorials where the shift key has been used, for example, to turn a rectangle shape into a square.

[Alfred]

I’m not on my Windows box right now, Keith, but I got the expected behaviour the last time I tried it. Are you saying you always get an oblong, regardless of whether or not you hold down the Shift key when dragging out a new shape with the Rectangle Tool?

[Michail]

57 minutes ago, Keith B said:

My shift key  doesn't work as a shortcut in either designer or photos, suggestions please.

Release the shift key only after you have released the mouse button.

[walt.farrell]

55 minutes ago, Keith B said:

shift key has been used, for example, to turn a rectangle shape into a square.

The shift key should allow you to draw a square using the Rectangle Tool, but I don't know of any way it would allow you to "turn a rectangle shape into a square".

[carl123]

If you use the Rectangle Tool to draw a Rectangle then as long as you do not release the mouse button pressing the shift key will instruct the Affinity Magical Elfs to turn that rectangle shape into a square

[Keith B]

Thanks Carl, just tried that successfully.