Move pixel selection content with a selection tool active by holding down Ctrl

[Intuos5]

An old  habit from Photoshop, when I have a selection, I can move the selection with the selection tool active. When I want to move its contents, I either have to switch to the move tool or hold the shortcut for the move tool. But, it is easier to use a modifier key, such as Ctrl, because it isn't in use as of now.

For reference, Shift constrains selection proportions and Alt removes from selections.

[GarryP]

Possibly related to:

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/153078-ctrl-key-doesnt-work-to-clone-a-selection-with-the-move-tool-on-the-same-layer-it-cuts/

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/167055-copymove-a-selection-with-short-cut-keys/

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/105335-how-to-copydrag-in-the-same-layer/

etc. etc.

[Intuos5]

I always have issues with the forum search not finsing the right topic - and in this case Google didn't either...

[GarryP]

All I used was selection copy ctrl in the forum search box, but I had to do a bit of scrolling.

[Intuos5]

I searched for move selection Ctrl with and without content...

E: Your topics are questions, not feature requests

[GarryP]

Yep; it’s the content search that’s needed as not all thread titles have meaningful names.
Just searching the titles will give you ‘slim pickings’.

(I did say “etc. etc.”, and I didn’t say they were feature requests, but that’s by-the-by.)

Since the existing shortcuts keys (on Windows at least) are already being used in this functionality for lots of things it’s difficult to know how the developers could implement this without messing up existing workflows – maybe Drag+Ctrl+Alt perhaps?

Anyway, I’m pretty sure that the developers are aware that some people have this requirement and hopefully something will happen sometime soon because it’s a useful feature.