The worst thing of every Affinity apps for Mac

[Sherlock440]

On the Mac, if I close all the windows inside the Affinity app, the Affinity app stays active in the Dock, but you can't open it by clicking on it - nothing happens. To open an "empty" Affinity window, you either have to close the application completely and reopen it, or use the "Open with..." option on images. Affinity."

I've been using Affinity for a couple of years now, and I'm wildly annoyed by this ill-conceived feature. Developers, please have Affinity open a blank screen with the option to create a new file or open a picture when you click on Affinity

 

[RNKLN]

The App remaining active when closing the last window is MacOS expected behaviour. There are exceptions, even with Apple's own software, though.

I can close the window and then, by using Cmd+N, create a new document, both in Separated mode and 'Normal' mode. Don't expect Affinity to create a new document by clicking the Dock icon.

[walt.farrell]

It would help to have a screenshot of your complete desktop, but probably you have the Affinity Photo menu showing at the top of the screen, and can use that to open documents or create new ones.

As RNKLN mentioned, you have described one standard behavior on Macs, from what I've read.

[Fixx]

On 6/24/2021 at 12:29 PM, Sherlock440 said:

if I close all the windows inside the Affinity app, the Affinity app stays active in the Dock, but you can't open it by clicking on it - nothing happens.

This should take you to Affinity app where you can choose New Document (CMD+N) or open old ones (CMD+O). Does it not work that way?

[Sherlock440]

5 hours ago, Fixx said:

This should take you to Affinity app where you can choose New Document (CMD+N) or open old ones (CMD+O). Does it not work that way?

 

On 6/24/2021 at 2:30 PM, walt.farrell said:

It would help to have a screenshot of your complete desktop, but probably you have the Affinity Photo menu showing at the top of the screen, and can use that to open documents or create new ones.

As RNKLN mentioned, you have described one standard behavior on Macs, from what I've read.

 

On 6/24/2021 at 1:40 PM, RNKLN said:

The App remaining active when closing the last window is MacOS expected behaviour. There are exceptions, even with Apple's own software, though.

I can close the window and then, by using Cmd+N, create a new document, both in Separated mode and 'Normal' mode. Don't expect Affinity to create a new document by clicking the Dock icon.

Hey guys, thanks, I have already understood.

 

please be patient I have stupidism 

[Old Bruce]

22 hours ago, Sherlock440 said:

please be patient I have stupidism 

I prefer the term confuzzled.

I have applications which will shut down / quit / exit when the last window is closed and others (the Affinity applications for example) which continue running when the last window is closed. I frequently forget which ones behave like the former and which behave like the latter. Extremely confusing and puzzling, not to mention frustrating.