Quickest way to Select from Zoom?

[dkistner1111]

I know there's got to be a quick keyboard shortcut to activate the Select tool from a Zoom state, but I cannot make any of the shortcuts I'm seeing work.

 

When I zoom up close, then click on the item in the layers list, the selection tool displays on the list; but when I go back to my workspace and click (which is intuitive behavior for me because I feel like I've selected already), I zoom in another level, which I never want. (I'm usually custom-kerning type when I do this.) I have to remember to click the layer, mouse to/select the Selection tool, and then click on the workspace. I'm wasting an awful lot of time having to do this and, when I forget, to undo the extra zoom level, then click through everything again.

 

The screenshots I've attached don't show the relevant cursors, but in the smaller image, I'm clicking on the layer TITLE in the layers list and I've got a selection-tool cursor. When I go back to the workspace, the cursor shows the zoom-plus tool, and if I click on it I get zooming, which I don't want. Ideally, I wish I could change the behavior so when I click on the layer TITLE, it switches me into selection mode in the workspace by default.

 

What am I doing wrong? Or what is the quickest way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? TIA.

 

Diane

 

[MEB]

Hi dkistner1111,

You can keep the Move Tool always selected and change temporarily to the Zoom Tool pressing space + cmd (or space + alt to zoom out) while clicking (or dragging) your mouse. Pressing just Space changes temporally to the View Tool (pan) if you need to adjust canva's position on screen.

 

If you have a mouse with a scroll-wheel you can also set Affinity Designer to use it to zoom in/out without you ever need to change tools.

This option is available in Affinity Designer Preferences, Tools section, Use mouse wheel to zoom.

[JimmyJack]

and..........press v for move tool.

you might not even need to go over to the layers.

[dkistner1111]

Thanks a bunch, guys...