homeyJay Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I've seen a couple of vids on YT where there appears to be two columns of tools on the right of the screen. Try as I might, I can't replicate that. Has this feature now gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 To get 2 columns use View > Customise Tools and specify the number of columns at the bottom of that screen The tool bar can be detached and moved anywhere on the screen Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeyJay Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 Yes but isn't this only for the tool icons on the left? I need to columns of tool palettes on the right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 It sounds like you're talking about the Studio panels, not the Tools, @homeyJay. The User Interface section of the Help might assist in identifying the proper terminology: https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/index.html On Windows, you can drag a second set of Studio Panels and dock it to the usual right Studio, giving two columns. On Mac, you can also drag them, but as far as I know they won't dock. They will be floating, and will interfere with your work in some ways. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeyJay Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 Thanks Walt, you're right - I was talking about the Studio panels and not the tools! Sorry for the confusion, and yes, I'm on a Mac and you can't seem to make a second panel column. They do float and are a pain because when you resize the app, the tools stay where they are relative to the display and not the app. I can't even see any way to save a layout.. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, homeyJay said: I can't even see any way to save a layout.. For the V2 applications: Window > Studio > .... Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeyJay Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 I did find that earlier on but it just saves the window position relative to the monitor and not to the app window! If the app window is moved or scaled, the unfixed panels will appear in the same place. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, Red Sands said: Maybe they were just arranged like that - but not docked in two columns? Or maybe the videos were produced on a Windows system. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 4 hours ago, homeyJay said: They do float and are a pain because when you resize the app, the tools stay where they are relative to the display and not the app. Do you mean the Studio panels or the Tools panel? If you mean the Studio panels, note that while you can't dock 2 columns to either side of the workspace window on Macs, you still can set up docked Right & Left Studio panels, & optionally set keyboard shortcuts to show or hide them individually. Not quite what you want I know, but it may serve as a useful workaround.... Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeyJay Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 Thx, I just discovered that and am playing with it right now! Hopefully that will be an answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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