Select multiple objects and then move them together, while selected, without having to group them first.

[Plod]

If I select 2 or more objects and want to move them all at once, it deselects all the objects and only moves one of them. It would be great if they moved together, without having to group and then ungroup. 

[NathanC]

Hi @Plod welcome to the forums,

If you have more than one object highlighted with the move tool (shortcut: V) and move them on the canvas/via the transform panel this should move both objects together without the need to group them, this is the case even with transform objects separately enabled on the context toolbar.

Could you provide screenshot(s) of the app demonstrating your issue?

[Plod]

I see, thank you! 

[Sam Cranwell]

Hi! I am assessing Affinity Designer 2 as full time replacement for Adobe Illustrator and it wins on lots of things but this is causing me pain.

In the majority of tools that support drawing object (things like Figma, Sketch, Illustrator etc) if you select multiple objects and then click and drag on one of them, all the selected objects will move. Essential for working quickly and moving groups of objects around your work area. 

However in Affinity Designer 2 if I click and drag, all the objects are deselected and only the object I have clicked over is moved. 

See animated gif for this behaviour.

https://gifyu.com/image/SkzeB

I cannot see anywhere in preferences to change this.

I can nudge the group with my cursor keys (slow) or use the numerical transform (slower) but I cannot quickly drag and move groups of objects without grouping them first.

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Sam Cranwell

Have you tried to just drag the layers rather than clicking and then dragging?