altering tab order in transform dialog (Photo v1)

[spinhead]

Short version: is it possible for me to change the tab bevavior in the transform dialog box?

I realize the answer is "No, it's not possible." This is me asking for the sake of ticking all the boxes before heaving the big ol' sad sigh and living with it.

Details: One of the handful of maddening issues with v1 of Photo and Designer was that in the transform dialog, the tab order was

                x-position —> width —> y-position —> height

which is inefficient and confusing. While that's corrected in v2, h'ray, I can't use v2 because of more egregious design flaws.

So, the question: is it possible for me to change this behavior?

[R C-R]

16 minutes ago, spinhead said:

  x-position —> width —> y-position —> height

In V1 or V2 of all the Affinity apps on my Mac the order is X, Y, W, H, R, S.

I do not know if it is different for the Windows versions.

[spinhead]

On my Mac, this is what happens:

 

In v2, it goes X, Y, W, H

 

 

[R C-R]

5 minutes ago, spinhead said:

On my Mac, this is what happens:

What macOS version are you using? 

[MikeTO]

The only way I know of to fix this in v1 is to dock the Transform panel and then re-start Affinity. AFAIK the tab order is only correct when the panel is docked.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, MikeTO said:

AFAIK the tab order is only correct when the panel is docked.

I never noticed that because I always have it docked, but you are right about that.

[spinhead]

Ah,  so it hasn't been fixed in v2; it just appears to be fixed because they've removed Separated Mode.

So: I understand the points made. All are correct.

Original question still stands.

[R C-R]

4 minutes ago, spinhead said:

Ah,  so it hasn't been fixed in v2; it just appears to be fixed because they've removed Separated Mode.

FWIW, it has nothing to do with separated mode, only with docked vs. floating studio panels (the kind you can 'tear off' from the main document window).

[Brian_J]

On my Windows computer, Tab cycles through the Transform Panel fields in the same order, regardless of if the panel is docked or floating (in V1 and V2).

Tab order: X, Y, W, H, R, S

[R C-R]

26 minutes ago, Brian_J said:

On my Windows computer, Tab cycles through the Transform Panel fields in the same order, regardless of if the panel is docked or floating (in V1 and V2).

Tab order: X, Y, W, H, R, S

So this seems to be a bug limited to the undocked Transform panel in the Mac version.

[spinhead]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

FWIW, it has nothing to do with separated mode, only with docked vs. floating studio panels (the kind you can 'tear off' from the main document window).

How does one dock a panel in Separated Mode?

[R C-R]

11 hours ago, spinhead said:

How does one dock a panel in Separated Mode?

Obviously you can't do that but I was referring to the difference in V1 of the tab order when in non-separated mode on Macs. It's the same in V2, where there is no longer a separated mode.

[spinhead]

A distinction without a difference.

Again, original question hasn't been answered during this foray into the surrounding scenery.

[loukash]

13 minutes ago, spinhead said:

Again, original question hasn't been answered during this foray into the surrounding scenery.

16 hours ago, spinhead said:

So, the question: is it possible for me to change this behavior?

No.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, spinhead said:

A distinction without a difference.

How so? The tab order is different when docked vs. undocked & it should not be.

[loukash]

2 hours ago, R C-R said:

The tab order is different when docked vs. undocked & it should not be.

Definitely a bug.

[R C-R]

5 minutes ago, loukash said:

Definitely a bug.

I think so, too.

[NathanC]

Hey @loukash apologies on the late reply,

The undocked/docked tabbing order difference is an issue logged with the developers, so I've bumped this one with your report.