Exact zoom level?

[glenn4121]

Affinity Photo - Is it possible to set an exact zoom level as a percentage, rather than the jumps that are made automatically by ctrl/mouse wheel?

[R C-R]

You can do that in the Navigator Studio Panel.

[lacerto]

...or alternatively hit the Z key to pick the Zoom tool and enter the exact percentage, or drag the mouse or zoom slider to increase / decrease the zoom level in one percent increments, and then hit the Z key again to select the previously active tool.

[glenn4121]

That's great, thanks!

[R C-R]

9 hours ago, Lagarto said:

... or drag the mouse or zoom slider to increase / decrease the zoom level in one percent increments ...

For some reason I cannot drag the zoom slider in the context toolbar to change the zoom level on my Mac (in any of the Affinity apps). I can click on the slider scale to jump to any point on it but I can't drag the slider pointer to move it along the scale.

The slider's pointer also does not update its position on the scale if I change the zoom level by other means, like by using the popup menu next to the numeric zoom field to enter one of its preset choices or by dragging on the canvas with the Zoom tool.

Anybody else seeing the same thing?

[Old Bruce]

14 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Anybody else seeing the same thing?

Never really used it before, but I find it to be extremely difficult. One out of a half dozen tries with the Wacom Pen or one in four tries the Mac Trackpad will succeed. Maybe the 'target area' is too small.

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[MikeTO]

45 minutes ago, R C-R said:

For some reason I cannot drag the zoom slider in the context toolbar to change the zoom level on my Mac (in any of the Affinity apps). I can click on the slider scale to jump to any point on it but I can't drag the slider pointer to move it along the scale.

The slider's pointer also does not update its position on the scale if I change the zoom level by other means, like by using the popup menu next to the numeric zoom field to enter one of its preset choices or by dragging on the canvas with the Zoom tool.

Anybody else seeing the same thing?

I didn't even know this feature existed but agreed, it's buggy, at least on macOS. If you fiddle around with it you can eventually get it to slide but it mostly doesn't work.

Also, I assume those are logarithmic tick marks above it but they just look like random noise to me. I'm not sure that they add value.

There is something odd about the slider appearance and I couldn't put my finger on it at first. It's the slider itself. It's the right shape for a macOS slider with tick marks but it's upside down and has a black outline instead of grey.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, Old Bruce said:

Never really used it before, but I find it to be extremely difficult. One out of a half dozen tries with the Wacom Pen or one in four tries the Mac Trackpad will succeed. Maybe the 'target area' is too small.

I tried about two dozen times with my mouse (trackball) pointer & only once did I succeed in dragging the pointer.

I also noticed that unlike almost everywhere else in the UI where there is a numeric entry field, I cannot use the scroll wheel to change the numeric Zoom value in the Zoom tool's context toolbar.

Conclusion: very buggy!

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

I also noticed that unlike almost everywhere else in the UI where there is a numeric entry field, I cannot use the scroll wheel to change the numeric Zoom value in the Zoom tool's context toolbar.

FWIW: That (and dragging the slider) both work fine for me on Windows.

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

FWIW: That (and dragging the slider) both work fine for me on Windows.

Thanks. So this appears to be a Mac-only bug.

EDIT: reported here.