bcposi Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Is it possible to extend the cursor crosshairs across the whole page (i.e. to the top and side rulers) to make it easier to align new points with existing points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted May 23, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 23, 2022 Hi bcposi, Welcome to the forums Unfortunately as far as I'm aware this isn't possible it might be worth making a post in our Feature Requests section regarding this. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I see an indication of the mouse location on the rulers, a white line which moves as I move the mouse. This is on Mac OS. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
PaulEC Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 26 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: I see an indication of the mouse location on the rulers, a white line which moves as I move the mouse. This is on Mac OS. There is also an indication in Windows. Personally I would also use a grid and/or guidelines if I need to align points accurately. Old Bruce 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 minute ago, PaulEC said: Personally I would also use a grid and/or guidelines if I need to align points accurately. I would add to that; With appropriate snapping candidates. PaulEC 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
bcposi Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 I found this Adobe Illustrator feature very useful in place of guidelines and snapping. While snapping is great when first starting a project, it becomes useless the moment you resize outside of the grid snap points. As for guidelines, I find they become quite cumbersome especially for more complicated projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 minute ago, bcposi said: While snapping is great when first starting a project, it becomes useless the moment you resize outside of the grid snap points The bold text has me confused. Can you not increase the grid resolution? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
bcposi Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 For clarification, I have in the past had to resize groups of objects without snap to grid turned on. In these cases, some resized objects within the group no longer align with the gridlines. Extending the crosshairs when working on one of these objects makes it easier to realign points with other reference points that may be further away in the drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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