colindun Posted July 29, 2021 Posted July 29, 2021 My Photoshop-trained fingers automatically reach for the tab key on my keyboard when entering width and height sizes using the crop tool. I enter the width, hit the tab key and instead of the height field being automatically selected as I expect, the tools vanish. Doh. Obviously the tab key is set to hide tools not move fields. Is there a way to tab from field to field so I don't have to carefully select each field manually using my cursor? Thanks. Quote
R C-R Posted July 29, 2021 Posted July 29, 2021 FWIW, on my Mac the tab key cycles among the fields in the context toolbar when the Crop Tool is active. This works even though I also have the shortcut for hiding the UI set to the Tab key default. When you say it hides tools for you, do you mean the Tools panel, one of the toolbars, or something else? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
h_d Posted July 29, 2021 Posted July 29, 2021 6 hours ago, R C-R said: on my Mac the tab key cycles among the fields in the context toolbar when the Crop Tool is active My Spidey-senses tell me you're in Separated Mode. EDIT: not so sure of my original smart answer. I've been Separate for ages and Tab switched fields in the Context Toolbar. I switched out, and Tab toggled the UI. But then I switched back to Separated Mode, and Tab still toggles the UI. I'll report back... EDIT AGAIN: Back in Separated Mode, I cancelled the Crop tool, selected it again, clicked into one of the numeric fields in the Context Toolbar and Lo! I could tab between fields once more. So I am more sure of my original smart answer now than I was five minutes ago. Although I have to say that they must have left the tab ordering to the intern... FINAL EDIT: To prove my point, I shall now squander a significant chunk of my upload allowance... Screen Recording 2021-07-30 at 01.08.20.mov Tabbing from the number in any dimensions field takes you to the insertion point before the units in the same field, not to the next numeric field. Some tabs appear to take you nowhere unless you persist. Such are the joys of the Affinity interface. Quote Affinity Photo 2.6.3, Affinity Designer 2.6.3 Affinity Publisher 2.6.3, Mac OSX 15.5, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel.
walt.farrell Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 6 hours ago, R C-R said: FWIW, on my Mac the tab key cycles among the fields in the context toolbar when the Crop Tool is active. This works even though I also have the shortcut for hiding the UI set to the Tab key default. It also works fine on my Windows system. If I click in the width field, and Tab, I get to the height field, then units, then DPI, and finally to the Rotate button. At that point another Tab toggles the UI, and then repeated uses of Tab continue to toggle the UI. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
h_d Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, walt.farrell said: At that point another Tab toggles the UI, and then repeated uses of Tab continue to toggle the UI. 34 minutes ago, h_d said: Such are the joys of the Affinity interface. walt.farrell 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.6.3, Affinity Designer 2.6.3 Affinity Publisher 2.6.3, Mac OSX 15.5, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel.
colindun Posted July 30, 2021 Author Posted July 30, 2021 9 hours ago, h_d said: My Spidey-senses tell me you're in Separated Mode. No, I'm not using Separated Mode. Here's a wee screen capture showing the steps: open image, select crop tool, select resample, enter width size, tab to move selection to height field and what I get is tab1 = shows crop area width over the photo, tab2 = nothing, tab3 = tools and palettes hidden, tab4 = toggle between tools hidden and tools visible. For me tabbing simply doesn't move the selection from field to field the way I feel it should. Od Screen Recording 2021-07-30 at 10.24.50.mov d. Quote
h_d Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, colindun said: No, I'm not using Separated Mode. Oops, my original point was directed at @R C-R But if I switch to non-separated mode I get the same results as you. 1 hour ago, colindun said: For me tabbing simply doesn't move the selection from field to field the way I feel it should. Agreed. Quote Affinity Photo 2.6.3, Affinity Designer 2.6.3 Affinity Publisher 2.6.3, Mac OSX 15.5, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel.
R C-R Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 6 hours ago, h_d said: Oops, my original point was directed at @R C-R I am not using separated window mode either. And oddly enough, even with the AP Crop Tool in resample mode, repeatedly tapping the Tab key cycles among width, height, & DPI fields, assuming I start with any of those fields selected (either with something in the field highlighted or the cursor blinking in that field) to give the Context Toolbar the focus. If no field has the focus, then the Tab key toggles hiding the UI. Maybe the difference is I run Catalina? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Old Bruce Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, R C-R said: Maybe the difference is I run Catalina? Same results as you for me with 10.14.6 (Mojave) R C-R 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
h_d Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 I'm on a Developer Beta of a more recent version of macOS but I can't say any more than that. Quote Affinity Photo 2.6.3, Affinity Designer 2.6.3 Affinity Publisher 2.6.3, Mac OSX 15.5, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel.
R C-R Posted July 30, 2021 Posted July 30, 2021 30 minutes ago, h_d said: I'm on a Developer Beta of a more recent version of macOS but I can't say any more than that. Well, you could say what happens if you have a retail version you can test with. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
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