Dropping an image on an 'open' document

[grahamsmythe]

Using MacOS, historically on InDesign, if I get an image from the desktop  and drop it onto an InDesign document, I can open the image up.

Using Publisher, it seems to open a new document.

Is there a way round this?

[walt.farrell]

When you drop an image onto an Affinity document, you get an embedded or linked document. It is a separate object, contained in the parent document.

If you double-click it (or click the Edit Image button) you will get a separate document tab for doing your editing. How that tab operates will depend on whether you've chosen to use embedded or linked documents. You can use the Resource Manager in Publisher to determine which kind of document you have.