Shape move on the fly

[NicholasG]

In illustrator, when I created a circle for instance, I'm able to enlarge and move for placement at the same time ("i think using the space bar to move"). Is this possible with AD?

[Old Bruce]

12 minutes ago, NicholasG said:

In illustrator, when I created a circle for instance, I'm able to enlarge and move for placement at the same time ...

In Designer I use the Shape tool to make the circle. Then I switch to the Move tool (V, the black arrow) and as long as there is a fill (and or a stroke) applied the move tool can grab the circle and move it. To resize it I just use the various resize handles on the bounding box ,which is automatically shown while drawing and when the Move tool is active.

All this is assuming that the circle is selected after drawing.

[NicholasG]

Yes, that’s what I do but when I used Illustrator I was able to resize and move at the same time. This made it easier and faster. I was hoping that AD had this function or at least had it in their sights for future updates. 

[firstdefence]

You can do the same in Affinity Designer, pull out a shape and if you want to move it press space, be careful with the location of the cursor because if it's not bottom right of the bounding box the shape will "snap" to the cursor and mis-shape prior to holding space down.