Unable to bring up Channels command menu

[Neil G]

Hi, I've been using Affinity for a couple of months now so getting familiar with it - I hope.  Having waited to upgrade my macOS to Tonoma to ensure Affinity 2 would work, I think I've found a problem.  When trying to copy a mask in the Channels panel I'm unable to "control click" to bring up the menu items.  Hardware is a Mac mini with the M2 chipset and Sonoma 14.0 OS.

[walt.farrell]

57 minutes ago, Neil G said:

When trying to copy a mask in the Channels panel I'm unable to "control click" to bring up the menu items.

I think that method is for the Mask icon in the Layers panel, not for the Channels panel.

[lepr]

3 hours ago, Neil G said:

When trying to copy a mask in the Channels panel I'm unable to "control click" to bring up the menu items.

Welcome to the Affinity forums

That problem with the crtrl-click recognition has been around for years now, but try ctrl-clicking near the top edge of the required row in the panel.

Edited November 2, 2023 by lepr
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[Neil G]

16 hours ago, lepr said:

Welcome to the Affinity forums

That problem with the crtrl-click recognition has been around for years now, but try ctrl-clicking near the top edge of the required row in the panel.

Thank you lepr, that works and it looks like I'll be playing "hunt the pixel" from now on...  🙂

It would be a lot quicker and easier if Serif enabled masks to be easily copied a la PS!  Hey, ho, what you gain in one hand you lose in the other... 🙂

[Neil G]

19 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

I think that method is for the Mask icon in the Layers panel, not for the Channels panel.

Hi walt, thanks for the suggestion and it's logical - coming from the PS world as I do - that should be the case.  Unfortunately, I've read/heard multiple times that copying masks in Affinity isn't that straightforward.  Using the channels window and following lepr's suggestion, I was able to copy the mask and create the spare channel that can then be applied multiple layers (I'm told!).  But, I tried your suggestion, the resulting menu options were as per the image.

I'm not overly familiar with Affinity Photo yet - being a newbie of 40 something days - and sometimes the inherent "unintended design features" (of which there appear to be many) can confuse such that I can't decide if its my actions/workflow or the software's problems.  But I'm always willing to learn - every day's a school day!  👍🏻