Better Use of mouse wheel and right mouse button

[pfi]

Simplify the workflow by

- make more use of mouse buttons and wheel where possible

- not to have let go of the mouse

Brush Size adjustment using the mouse wheel

Using Ctrl-Alt-mouse-move to adjust size and hardness works OK, but is not great.  Neither are the [ and ] keys as it requires to reach across the keyboard (provided the right hand controls the mouse)

Suggestion:

- use Shift or Alt and use the mouse-wheel to adjust the brush size (maybe Alt to adjust hardness),  or

- enhance mouse configuration, like:   Items:  zoom,  brush-size, brush-hardness...     Options:   mouse-scroll,  Ctr-mouse-scroll, Alt-mouse-scroll....

Note: Ctrl-Alt-mouse-move often only works on the 2nd attempt

 

 

Brush size indication using Width slider (top-tool-bar)
There is no steady visual indication of the brush size while adjusting the size with the Width slider, unless the left mouse button is held and moved further down before moving left/right to adjust (and only while the mouse is in motion).
Suggestion: when adjusting the brush size, show size in the top-left corner of the image/frame (closest to the Width slider)

 

 

Navigator Panel.

Ctrl-0 toggles fit-to-screen and 100% and requires you to use both hands (i.e. let go of the mouse).

Suggestion:

- allow double-click (left mouse button) on navigator window to do the same as Ctrl-0  (ideally double-clicking on the image itself could do that)

- click and hold right hand mouse button while on document to move it - same as Space-key with left-mouse-button, but simpler.

Note: double clicking (left-mouse-button)  while over the document area resets adjustments if an adjustment control-box is open. I find this somewhat 'dangerous', as it easily can go unnoticed. Should this be disabled/configurable?

 

 

Adjusting values using mouse-wheel.

This works fine while the mouse hovers over the value-box.

Suggestion:  Also enable mouse wheel adjustments when cursor is over the slider (nice for fine adjustments)

 

 

[chip2]

On the Amiga drawing programs like DeluxePaint and Brilliance used the left mouse button for the drawing tool (brush/line etc) and the right mouse button was usually the eraser. Can we have that please? The right mouse button doesn't seem to do anything in Affinity Photo 2.

Also, in the FFT filter, the left mouse button selects, but you cannot de-select. Being able to erase using the right mouse button would be very useful.

[xMaxrayx]

@pfi

Hi ,you can use my script for changing the brush size  by ctrl + mousewhele, 

 

[Eugen]

On 7/30/2023 at 10:35 AM, pfi said:

Adjusting values using mouse-wheel.

This works fine while the mouse hovers over the value-box.

Lucky you! In my case it works in reverse. To increase a value (↑), I need to spin the mouse wheel down (↓), and to decrease it (↓), I need to spin the wheel up (↑). It's extremely annoying. In my opinion, there should be a specific option in the settings to adjust the spinning direction for this particular case.

 

Also, for some reason, this feature doesn't work with the trackpad on my MacBook. However, it does work with my sister's Lenovo laptop touchpad. 🤷‍♂️

[xMaxrayx]

2 hours ago, Eugen said:

Lucky you! In my case it works in reverse. To increase a value (↑), I need to spin the mouse wheel down (↓), and to decrease it (↓), I need to spin the wheel up (↑). It's extremely annoying. In my opinion, there should be a specific option in the settings to adjust the spinning direction for this particular case.

 

Also, for some reason, this feature doesn't work with the trackpad on my MacBook. However, it does work with my sister's Lenovo laptop touchpad. 🤷‍♂️

 

Properly because it's from windows itself ,you can use  `up` and `down` key.

it's like Tap, Enter when you interact with buttons.