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Although I welcome the return of the delete button in a certain form, I am not sure it works with the swipe on the X button in the bottom left. I want to use it with my left thumb, but find myself often triggering the making of a screenshot instead. It would be better if it were just a dedicated button as it was before, either in the lower left, or in the context toolbar at the top when the Move tool is selected.

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🙀I didn’t even realise the X could be swiped.
Who ever came up with the idea for 'hidden' functions, it really is not a good idea. Please, there needs to some way for the user to determine that an icon has more than one function (other than trial and error).

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14 hours ago, postmadesign said:

but find myself often triggering the making of a screenshot instead.

What model of iPad do you have? Mine requires pressing two physical buttons to create a screenshot.

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3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

What model of iPad do you have? Mine requires pressing two physical buttons to create a screenshot.

I have a 2nd gen iPad Pro 12 inch (with home button). I did not even know that I could do a screenshot this way, but if I swipe up from bottom (left?) it makes a screenshot. This is quite inconvenient if I want to delete an object!

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Yes, that would be annoying.

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20 hours ago, postmadesign said:

Although I welcome the return of the delete button in a certain form, I am not sure it works with the swipe on the X button in the bottom left. I want to use it with my left thumb, but find myself often triggering the making of a screenshot instead. It would be better if it were just a dedicated button as it was before, either in the lower left, or in the context toolbar at the top when the Move tool is selected.

I understand the frustration & totally agree. A dedicated delete button would definitely be far better/convenient; or even an option to choose between the ✖️& 🗑️ button from the settings menu. 

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3 hours ago, Dj Ozz G said:

I understand the frustration & totally agree. A dedicated delete button would definitely be far better/convenient; or even an option to choose between the ✖️& 🗑️ button from the settings menu. 

👍 I agree with that.

When I swipe with my thumb, I often pull the dock up. The pen works a bit better, but it disrupts the workflow. The solution from V1 was optimal, but a checkbox would probably have helped everyone.

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Thanks for bringing back the delete button, but I do not like the swipe. It is slow(er) and it is not what was requested. Accidental deleting I never experienced as a problem. So you would make me very happy, with the V1 delete button.

By the way, the other V2 changes I like a lot. And thanks for the hard work.

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