Tools for productivity

[Iajhy]

Hello!!
I did some suggestions a while ago, using Affinity Designer 1.x as a reference, but I think it totally applies to version 2 as well. Hope you guys find useful ☺️




Quick Menu - Pen Context Menu (hold “Q”)
This suggestion brings a context sensitive function. In this example, while using bezier, the QM offers all the main options related to it. We can use this radial menu in profundity to activate or toggle certain options without losing the same ring layout.




Reference Box:

This suggestion can be a significant addition for industrial designers, concept artists and mattepainters.

The user could drag and drop, or copy from clipboard, any reference image inside this panel, also can drag inside the artboard as well. Could navigate vertically sweeping up and down, switch tabs, create new tab, rename (double-click), maximize an image (double-click), navigate (holding spacebar), flip image, pick color, etc.Images will adjust responsively to the panel boundaries.It organizes the folder structure in the background while the user drops images inside the box, like the example aside.

The user doesn’t need to worry about organizing them on the system. They can also drag a folder inside the box, creating automatically a new tab with content already.User can close a tab without deleting references, or RMB and delete permanently the reference file or folder.

Quick Menu - Tools (hold “Q”)
In order to bring panels and tools closer to the focus area, another example using the neutral action "Move Tool" (V), the QM can offer as the primary access the following: "Tools", "Layers", "Tool Bar", among others.



For more details, watch this quick overview:

 
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English is not my native language, disregard some grammar mistakes 🥹

Oh, and thanks for let us contribute a little with this amazing team! Edited March 22, 2023 by Iajhy
I've uploaded the video directly on the topic.