Constrained Movement of Objects in Designer

[jochoalions]

I want to be able to move an Object constrained only Vertically or Horizontally, and not Diagonally.

There used to be a panel in which one could select those Constraints for shift-dragging an Object. The Keyboard Shortcut is described as:

Constrain the movement of an object horizontally, vertically or diagonally

⇧-drag

Alas, I cannot find such a panel anymore; anybody can point me to it?  Or has it been removed?

[walt.farrell]

21 minutes ago, jochoalions said:

There used to be a panel in which one could select those Constraints for shift-dragging an Object.

As far as I know there has never been a panel like that in the Affinity applications. Perhaps you're thinking of a different application?

[Dan C]

Hi @jochoalions,

As above, I'm not personally aware of any setting or panel that changes the Shift constraints when moving an object on your canvas - this will always constrain the transform to vertical/horizontal/diagonal from the original objects position.

I hope this clears things up!

[Old Bruce]

3 hours ago, jochoalions said:

There used to be a panel in which one could select those Constraints for shift-dragging an Object. 

Perhaps you are thinking of the Grid and Snapping Axis dialog with the Advanced or Cube settings. There is no option to reduce this to just Horizontal or Vertical though.

[jochoalions]

5 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Perhaps you are thinking of the Grid and Snapping Axis dialog with the Advanced or Cube settings. There is no option to reduce this to just Horizontal or Vertical though.

YES..!! This is exactly what I was thinking of..  Thank you!!