Temporary deactivate rotation and shear in move tool

[NotMyFault]

Often power duplicate is used to created multiple copies of objects (layers), and rotate them.

If you need to change the size of the original object, it is not possible currently to do in an easy ways. (See https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/188820-designer-is-there-a-way-to-change-hundreds-of-layers-width-correctly/#comment-1103171)

Please add a switch to move tool / transform panel to temporary deactivate and layer rotation or sheer.

 

Principle workflow:

1. use move tool and transform panel on multiple selected layers (all copies from same starting object)
2. active switch new switch „disable rotation“ and/or „disable shear“
3. all selected layer rotataion is temporary reset to 0, so that all copies are perfectly aligned (this could be rendered or not)
4. user can change witdth or heigth of all selected layers in transform panel, or via mouse (for the „active“ layer of selected layers)
5. When user finished his changes, he can deactivate the „temporary“ switches.

 

[thomaso]

... or "simply" add a third Cycle Selection Box option to edit the width or height manually or via transform panel with activated "Transform Objects Separately" – as we currently can when selecting a single parametric object.