bbc. Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 macOS 12.6.2, MacBook Pro 16,1 8-Core i9, AMD Radeon Pro 5500M, Photo and Publisher 2.03 I believe the default keyboard shortcuts to Zoom in and out are cmd+ and cmd- (I had not changed this). This had worked in Affinity Photo and Publisher until now, however zooming in via shortcut has stopped working. I have an external USB Apple extended keyboard connected. Only change I made was to resize the Brush Tool (I'm using a Swiss German layout) because the default [ ] aren't easy to access. This still works. I've reset, set defaults, restarted Mac, disconnected the keyboard. The Menu > Zoom > Zoom In shows the wrong shortcut of "cmd!" If I type this, Photo actually zooms in, but I'd like it to respect what I set up in Preferences > Shortcuts. Adobe Photoshop continues to zoom in and out with cmd+ and cmd- just as expected. What can I do to restore or is this a bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbc. Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 After quitting Photo and relaunching it, the menu for Zoom In shows "cmd shift 1". This is what I might need to press if I were using the internal keyboard on the MacBook Pro. The screen is closed as I'm using it in clam-shell mode with external screen and keyboard. If I change cmd- to ctrl- Affinity Photo accepts the change and I can zoom out with the changed shortcut. However if I change cmd+ to ctrl+ Affinity Photo just makes an alert sound and does not zoom in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbc. Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 The keyboard shortcuts cmd+ and cmd- to zoom in and out work in the previous Affinity Photo version 1.10.6 Looks like a Version 2 bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Hi BBC. I recommend saving your shortcuts by clicking Save so that you can go back to them and then clicking the Serif Defaults or Apple Defaults buttons. Does the zoom in shortcut work after reverting back to the defaults? If so, then it's something you do with customizing a shortcut. If it doesn't, then it's likely a bug. You can restore your customized shortcuts by clicking Load. Good luck! Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.0.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, bbc. said: (I'm using a Swiss German layout) Oje. Das ist immer ein Problemkind auf dem Mac. Ich kämpfe schon seit über 30 Jahren damit… 4 hours ago, bbc. said: the menu for Zoom In shows "cmd shift 1". This is what I might need to press if I were using the internal keyboard on the MacBook Pro. I remember reading a thread a few weeks ago where this has been acknowledged as a bug. In any case, I've been working around such CH_DE keyboard issues since many years by using Karabiner Elements karabiner-elements.pqrs.org and e.g. remapping some of the keys on my MacBooks to mimic NumPad keys via the fn modifier, similar to how the good old PowerBook G4 keyboard used to be laid out. On ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org there are some similar example NumPad modifications I think, but I've programmed a custom one. (I'm also remapping the right option key as the NumPad Enter key, like the good ole PowerBook…) So I have remaped the NumPad+ to fn-hyphen. Cmd-fn-hyphen thus works for me as "cmd-+" just fine. 4 hours ago, MikeTO said: You can restore your customized shortcuts by clicking Load. There's still the bug where some shortcuts won't stick, for example when changing the square brackets [ ] without modifier to something else (ö and ä on the Swiss layout for me), even on export/import. I got already used to the "ritual" of refreshing them manually on each app launch. It's been partially fixed in Photo v1.10.x, but for example it's still broken in the Designer/Photo persona in Publisher 1/2. Edited January 7, 2023 by loukash Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbc. Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 @MikeTO Yes, I've restored defaults, unfortunately without it fixing the situation. @loukash Thanks for your suggestion. As the keyboard shortcuts continue to work in Adobe programs and also Affinity version 1.10.6, it looks like Affinity is going to have to sort this out in the version 2.x programs. Hopefully this will be sometime soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 27, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 27, 2023 Hi @bbc., I will log this as an improvement request with our developers in the meantime can you please remap this shortcut to a different key combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbc. Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Thank you, and yes – I have done so with (cmd+shift+1 and cmd+shift+2) for Photo and Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarv Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Switching to the Designer persona within Publisher 2 fixed the problem for me. I have a third party bluetooth keyboard and a macbook air a few years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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