GRAFKOM Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 In Affinity 2.0 and Beta 2.1, the Cycle Selection Box icon is missing. I am reporting this as a bug because in version 1 this icon exists and in version 2 for some reason this Cycle Selection Box icon was removed. What cause? Inattention or intended purpose? It is true that in version 2 the Allow selection to consider icon was added... but this icon does something completely different. A moment ago I just wanted to distort the object differently and in version 2 you can't. Please bring this icon back to life in version 2 of Affinity. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 It was added to the Select menu, and has a keyboard shortcut of . now. GRAFKOM 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It was added to the Select menu, and has a keyboard shortcut of . now. Thank you. It works. Although it would be nice if that icon stayed there as well. debraspicher and walt.farrell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 I actually wonder what the purpose of removing this icon was. I checked on a SurfacePro without a keyboard (Windows Affinity) and I have to additionally click on the Select menu and select the Cycle Selection Box. And in the Affinity 1 version it was enough to just click on the icon. In a tablet without a keyboard, this is only a hindrance, not a facilitation of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 As I recall, there was no keyboard shortcut in V1. Having it in the Select menu allows for a keyboard shortcut, and allows the user to change it. Just having it in the Context Toolbar doesn't allow either of those. GRAFKOM 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 The fact that Affinity Windows programs are not adapted to support on SurfacePro tablets at all, this removal of icons makes work difficult. Icons should rather be added or at least user-added, the most basic: new, open, undo, redo, print, import, export. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 The shortcut was available in V1 as I remember using it, not that it matters. I either used the top bar or the shortcut. Going back and forth between the menus is tedious for pen input, so I understand their gripe. So much so, I searched the manual for a workaround, but it's not possible to search about the bounding box. Only reference I found to it is in shortcuts. It's the same in V1 manual as well, FWIW. It's called "Cycle Selection Box" in this case: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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