Escape!

[James Galpin]

I am a Designer user for Mac, PC and more recently iPad.  I also use AutoCAD, which has trained me in the use of the escape key while drawing.

Essentially, escape to deslect is a fundamental part of my workflow, as I am sure is the case for many.

The iPad keyboard has a globe key that can be programmed to enter the escape command.  It works, as the shortcut page allows the globe key to enter the UIKeyInputEscape, but in the vector environment the key has no effect on a selected vector.

Is this a bug, or a feature that hasn't been activatred yet?  It's driving me crazy.

[Dan C]

Hi @James Galpin,

Thanks for your report!

I can confirm I've been able to replicate this behaviour here and I'm getting it logged with our development team now - I was not aware that this key could be mapped to ESC, therefore I suspect it's usage has been overlooked in Affinity for iPad.

My understanding of the expected behaviour would be for this key to act as it does on Desktop and deselect the active object/layer, and I therefore don't believe it should be assignable to a custom shortcut for a different action, so I'll be sure to include this within the development log also.

I hope this helps

[James Galpin]

On 11/7/2023 at 2:14 PM, Dan C said:

Hi @James Galpin,

Thanks for your report!

I can confirm I've been able to replicate this behaviour here and I'm getting it logged with our development team now - I was not aware that this key could be mapped to ESC, therefore I suspect it's usage has been overlooked in Affinity for iPad.

My understanding of the expected behaviour would be for this key to act as it does on Desktop and deselect the active object/layer, and I therefore don't believe it should be assignable to a custom shortcut for a different action, so I'll be sure to include this within the development log also.

I hope this helps

Thank you so much.  Really hoping this makes it into the next update as it stops me drawing on the ipad.  Thanks for listening...

 

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[iOS] Escape key on iPad fails to function as Escape like on Desktop" (REF: AF-1100) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.3.0.2139".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[iOS] Esc key shown as 'UIKEYINPUTESCAPE' when customising Shortcuts" (REF: AF-1099) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.3.0.2139".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.