retrograde Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Would love to see the ability to fit an ACTIVE artboard in the window. When working with multiple artboards in a document it's frustrating to not be able to quickly see the entire ACTIVE artboard. Instead command 0 shows all of the artboards. Aren't more users missing this ability? Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Have you tried double-clicking on the Artboard's thumbnail in the Layers panel? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 11 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Have you tried double-clicking on the Artboard's thumbnail in the Layers panel? Yeah that works but most of the time I work without any panels on screen so it's an extra step. Not bad but those extra steps add up... would love a keyshort for it for multiple artboard scenarios. Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 You can create custom View Points in the Navigator (while the studio is displayed), then give a shortcut key to each. Then you can hide the studio and use the keyboard shortcut to navigate between the artboards. There used to be a video showing how to do this somewhere, but I can’t find it. aqcohen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 4 hours ago, retrograde said: I work without any panels on screen choose the Artboard tool (give it a keyboard shortcut if it doesn't have any) click anywhere on the artboard to select it Viev > Zoom > Zoom To Selection (give it a keyboard shortcut if it doesn't have any) Alternatively, if you have multiple artboards and want to zoom to fit on the fly without saving view points: choose the Artboard tool click anywhere on the artboard to select it Select > Select Next/Previous (give it a keyboard shortcut if it doesn't have any) Viev > Zoom > Zoom To Selection Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 16 hours ago, retrograde said: Aren't more users missing this ability? Frankly though, I'm working on a MacBook Pro, so what I'm doing most of the time is simply zooming in and out via two-fingers-drag on the trackpad while holding the option key. It's so amazingly fast. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 5:38 AM, GarryP said: You can create custom View Points in the Navigator (while the studio is displayed), then give a shortcut key to each. Then you can hide the studio and use the keyboard shortcut to navigate between the artboards. There used to be a video showing how to do this somewhere, but I can’t find it. Thanks GarryP, that's a pretty clever work around that would work in the meantime and in certain scenarios but still requires a bit of setup that frankly a simple 'fit current artboard' shortcut in window should take care of. Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 6:33 AM, loukash said: choose the Artboard tool (give it a keyboard shortcut if it doesn't have any) click anywhere on the artboard to select it Viev > Zoom > Zoom To Selection (give it a keyboard shortcut if it doesn't have any) Alternatively, if you have multiple artboards and want to zoom to fit on the fly without saving view points: choose the Artboard tool click anywhere on the artboard to select it Select > Select Next/Previous (give it a keyboard shortcut if it doesn't have any) Viev > Zoom > Zoom To Selection Thanks loukash, I do use zoom to selection quite a bit but a zoom to current artboard shortcut is really what is missing here. Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, retrograde said: zoom to current artboard shortcut is really what is missing here. An artboard is technically an object, so I understand that's it's not treated equally to e.g. Zoom To Page. That said, at first I found it slightly disturbing as well. Eventually I got used to it. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 1:50 PM, retrograde said: Would love to see the ability to fit an ACTIVE artboard in the window. When working with multiple artboards in a document it's frustrating to not be able to quickly see the entire ACTIVE artboard. Instead command 0 shows all of the artboards. Aren't more users missing this ability? I will select the artboard and then use the Command + Shift + 0 (zero) to zoom to the artboard. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: I will select the artboard and then use the Command + Shift + 0 (zero) to zoom to the artboard. On Windows, I might use Ctrl + Alt + 0 (Zoom to Selection). Or Alt + Shift + 0 (Zoom to Width). But we don't have (by default) a Ctrl + Shift + 0 shortcut defined. What is Cmd + Shift + 0 defined as on Mac? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: What is Cmd + Shift + 0 defined as on Mac? Zoom to Width. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 51 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Zoom to Width. Thanks. Odd that the Windows versions use Alt and the Mac versions use Cmd rather than Opt. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: the Mac versions use Cmd rather than Opt. Shift-option is a text input modifier on Mac. Shift-option-0 types the following character on US keyboard layout: ‚ = "Single Low-9 Quotation Mark" = U+201A walt.farrell 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 retrograde: I certainly can’t take credit for that technique as all of the clever bits are what I remember from the aforementioned video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 10:14 AM, Old Bruce said: I will select the artboard and then use the Command + Shift + 0 (zero) to zoom to the artboard. Does this zoom into your active artboard if you have multiple artboards? Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, retrograde said: Does this zoom into your active artboard if you have multiple artboards? An artboard is an object, so if you select it: yes. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 2:16 PM, loukash said: An artboard is an object, so if you select it: yes. Gotcha. I was having a hard time selecting just the artboard until I remembered that clicking on the artboard name in the document window selects it. Doh! Might be just as fast as a shortcut, maybe faster actually, if it's visible on the screen of course ;-) Cheers! loukash 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 hours ago, retrograde said: clicking on the artboard name in the document window selects it Didn't know this one. cheers! retrograde 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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