Hand tool does not work reliably

[hokic]

To me hand tool does not work reliably too.

I mostly use Designer, I feel like that starts to happen when I work with pen, colors (Wacom device). For this type of usage (which is mostly digital illustration) Designer is very frustrating for me. For other types (mostly design like business cards etc with mouse only usually) I am fine.

I'll try to observe, but to me this is something I cannot get used to, a circle of death. Pardon me if I add a bit of context (feel free to send me to another topic):

• I do illustration, so I need draw many layers, very like of same color like the one before (like ten layers of skin color)
• I get lost because I am not able to add another shape of same color, stroke with my pen tool above ta actual one (which is usually mostly what I need)
• So I have to use more tools or cliks then I would like to (because pen tool behaves to previous layers differently then rectangle tool)
• Many times I realize I this is happening instead:
  • I start edit previous layer with pen instead of adding new one (so I have to deselect, but that moves me in hierarchy) 
  • Or I start new layer above the previous but with no color
  • Or I start new layer somewhere on the top of everything (because of deselect earlier)
  • Recoloring everything with the selected color 
• At such moment, I need to go back in history or layer order - pick color from another layer, move layer in hierarchy to place I need it etc.
• And very likely at such moment, so moving layer down, using eye dropper tool etc. - Spacebar stops working for me as Hand tool

To me there is something weird I cannot describe in the way Affinity works. I feel there is a lack of intuitiveness of my work proces. And spacebar not beeing a hand tool at very moment is one of most frustrating things. 

Anyway, I am Windows user, I should add.

 

Cheers.

[walt.farrell]

@hokic:

It seems from your description that perhaps you do not have Use Fill selected on the Context Toolbar when using the Pen Tool, and that you are not properly terminating one shape when you finish drawing its strokes. You need to make sure you click on the original node when it is highlighted yellow, or you might make an additional node that overlaps but does not close the object. Or you need to press Esc to close the curve without clicking on the start node.

[hokic]

Hi, Walt,

thank you, this particular setting helped to solve the color problem. Btw. is there a proper place in here where to ask multiple questions at once? 

Btw. to hand tool bug continues. I thought it occurs sometimes when I use deselect all command, but I have to confirm yet.

[Return]

Either use the penciltool which will not remain selected but also doesn't retain the brush used.
You could use the brushtool to sketch and have the brush retain.

As for multiple issues in a single forum thread is not advised.
To track down the issues for both users and staff it is best to create a topic per issue.

[walt.farrell]

56 minutes ago, hokic said:

Btw. to hand tool bug continues. I thought it occurs sometimes when I use deselect all command, but I have to confirm yet.

I would need more info on that. Screenshots or a screen recording, for example.