Brad Smith Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Does V2 have a hot key to temporarily hide and or show the 'marching ants' selection? Or is there a simple way to achieve this? TIA Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 See related ... ... and ... Selection Shortcuts - Keyboard shortcuts Saving and Loading Selections See below users _TH answer! - Other than that, beside performing a Deselection (Ctrl-/Cmd-D) and then afterwards immediately an Undo (Ctrl-Cmd-Z), one can use save/load of selection to/from files, or Alpha channels. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Th Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 There is a menu option to hide the 'marching ants' selection (View > Show Pixel Selection), and you can add a keyboard shortcut. I made mine CTRL-H (Yes, same as that other Photo software 'cause, muscle memory.) So I changed the shortcut for Layers > Hide Others from CTRL-H to CTRL-ALT-H. Sadly, I didn't realize this was available. Really should be the default IMHO. v_kyr and Brad Smith 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Smith Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 _Th, thank you. If you're bored at the moment, could you take the time (no rush) to list the steps I need to take on my Mac, to create a shortcut and back? Pleeeeeze? After 40 years, my fingers are twitching at the thought of that shortcut. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Th Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Brad Smith said: list the steps I need to take on my Mac, to create a shortcut and back I'm on Windows, but would assume it's the same: Preferences > Shortcuts > (Photo) View > Show Pixel Selection. Then just click in the empty(?) box beside Show Pixel Selection and type the shortcut you want. Since I've used Photoshop for a very long time, CTRL-H is a habit that's hard to break, so that's what I used. (Which means I had to change the Layers > Hide Others shortcut to something else as CTRL-H is the default for that one.) And it toggles the marching ants. One less thing I to re-train muscle memory on in order to be productive. Happy me. Brad Smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Smith Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Oh, thank you so much. Generous and eloquent. I did as you suggested and now have a shortcut that works. Cheers to you, _Th, from Australia. Brad _Th 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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