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Click + alt + drag to duplicate


pier

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To duplicate an object you have to select it first and then drag with alt. This is fine when you need to select multiple objects, but when you only want to duplicate one object it's tedious.

You should be able to just alt drag the object to duplicate it without needing to make a selection first.

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We didn't change it. It was there from the beginning. Most of the default shortcuts used in the app are a compromise between what's needed to support Affinity's specific features, some standards from other apps (Adobe) when possible, and Apple OS. It's very hard to find a solution that fulfil all the three and due to users requests we have changed them a few times wherever possible. But this one remains as it is because it's also tied to other functions: disabling snapping temporarily and dragging a marquee selection around objects laying above other object(s) without selecting the bottom one(s).

Changing it would imply to remap a bunch of them again, which from our tests, invariably ends up leading to a poorlier experience.

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