About [Move Tool]

[RGTT]

About [Move Tool]
I want to switch to "Move Tool" with a keyboard shortcut after typing in a textbox.

However, since the keyboard shortcut is set to [V] by default, the text box is typed with the "letter V" and I am having trouble switching.

I think that [esc], which does not input characters, is the best, but even if I changed it to [esc] in "the environment settings", it was not reflected.

Please fix the bug that the keyboard shortcut change is not reflected in the environment settings.
Also, set the default keyboard shortcut of [Move Tool] to [esc].

Thank you.

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, RGTT said:

I want to switch to "Move Tool" with a keyboard shortcut after typing in a textbox.

Press ESC (textbox editing exit - standard function in any application) and press V (tool select to Move Tool).

[Dan C]

Hi @RGTT,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

3 hours ago, RGTT said:

I think that [esc], which does not input characters, is the best, but even if I changed it to [esc] in "the environment settings", it was not reflected.

Please fix the bug that the keyboard shortcut change is not reflected in the environment settings.
Also, set the default keyboard shortcut of [Move Tool] to [esc].

I can confirm that [ESC] has multiple uses in the Affinity application, and therefore this key cannot be set for the Move Tool, or any other tool.

When trying to change the Keyboard Shortcut, the [ESC] key will cancel your changes, which is by design. This is another reason the key cannot be set as a custom shortcut.

I hope this clears things up!

[RGTT]

On 5/19/2022 at 7:22 PM, Dan C said:

Hi @RGTT,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

I can confirm that [ESC] has multiple uses in the Affinity application, and therefore this key cannot be set for the Move Tool, or any other tool.

When trying to change the Keyboard Shortcut, the [ESC] key will cancel your changes, which is by design. This is another reason the key cannot be set as a custom shortcut.

I hope this clears things up!

Thank you for your answer.

In my Affinity application, I can "not" confirm that [ESC] has multiple uses.
As you can see by looking at the my screen shot, the [ESC] key is not canceled and I can register.
I can register it, but it doesn't work as a shortcut, so I'm in trouble.

The important problem is that with the default [V] shortcut, if I press [V] immediately after typing the text, the letter [V] will be typed into the text, so I cannot change it to "Move Tool".

For example, in Adobe's Photoshop, even while entering text, simply pressing the [ESC] key or clicking outside the text box will replace the "Move Tool".
I would appreciate it if you could improve it.

Edited May 30, 2022 by RGTT

[RGTT]

4 minutes ago, RGTT said:

 

 

Edited May 30, 2022 by RGTT

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, RGTT said:

if I press [V] immediately after typing the text, the letter [V] will be typed into the text, so I cannot change it to "Move Tool".

Would you expect different behavior? - and how would you write letters in the text, not just V, which are assigned as keyboard shortcuts ?!
As mentioned above - just press ESC and V.

[RGTT]

Oh!  I see!
After pressing the [ESC] key and then pressing V, I was able to switch even immediately after entering the text.👏

Sincerely Thank.😇

・・・By the way, not long ago, I discovered another way to switch even immediately after entering text. To change the keyboard shortcut from the default V to ↓.
(The disadvantage is that we cannot move the cursor downward with the ↓ key.😅)