Deselect Key Shortcut Doesn't Work (Still)

[James Galpin]

iOS Designer 2.3

Ipad 11" Pro

Deselect button on the screen works, but the deslect key command shortcut doesn't.  This was a problem in 2.2 as well.  Please sort this. It stops me vector drawing on the iPad.  Which is a shame as that's why I bought it.

[Bit Disappointed]

Ah yes, Command - D for deselect doesn't work. Assigning a different key doesn't work either so deselect is completely broken.

It isn't fixed in v2.3 beta either. I hope Serif will fix it in this release. It is one of the reasons one buys a keyboard for the iPad and programs like Affinity: a great time saver and much more convenient in use than the iPad interface and pen.

[Sean P]

Hi James,

Thanks for letting us know. I've bumped this issue with development again and passed on your comments!

[Bit Disappointed]

2 hours ago, Sean P said:

Thanks for letting us know. I've bumped this issue with development again and passed on your comments!

Hi @Sean P

Could you add to this bug - or make a separate is that is how you work - that hitting the ESC key should also deselect a selection. This is not a configurable action, this is how it works in Designer for macOS.

Thanks!

[walt.farrell]

9 minutes ago, Bit Arts said:

that hitting the ESC key should also deselect a selection. This is not a configurable action

You can change the shortcut for Deselect. Have you tried configuring the Globe key to generate Esc, and then changing the application Shortcut for Deselect to Esc? 

(It still probably won't work until the bug is fixed, but it ought to be possible to set it.)

[Sean P]

37 minutes ago, Bit Arts said:

Hi @Sean P

Could you add to this bug - or make a separate is that is how you work - that hitting the ESC key should also deselect a selection. This is not a configurable action, this is how it works in Designer for macOS.

Thanks!

Hi Bits Arts,
I have added this - are you using a regular Mac Keyboard or a iPad Magic Keyboard? I only ask as the iPad keyboards do not have an Escape key by default, so you have to configure the Globe key to become an Escape.

[James Galpin]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

You can change the shortcut for Deselect. Have you tried configuring the Globe key to generate Esc, and then changing the application Shortcut for Deselect to Esc? 

(It still probably won't work until the bug is fixed, but it ought to be possible to set it.)

Yes, I have tried several key combos on the ipad keyboard (smart folio type) and none work.

[James Galpin]

6 hours ago, Sean P said:

Hi James,

Thanks for letting us know. I've bumped this issue with development again and passed on your comments!

Many thanks.  Fingers crossed.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[iOS] iPad cmd-D shortcut doesn't work to deselect objects" (REF: AF-1091) 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.

[James Galpin]

3 minutes ago, Serif Info Bot said:

The issue "[iOS] iPad cmd-D shortcut doesn't work to deselect objects" (REF: AF-1091) 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.

Fantastic news.  Thank you.

[Bit Disappointed]

On 11/7/2023 at 3:27 PM, Sean P said:

Hi Bits Arts,
I have added this - are you using a regular Mac Keyboard or a iPad Magic Keyboard? I only ask as the iPad keyboards do not have an Escape key by default, so you have to configure the Globe key to become an Escape.

If there hadn't been an ESC key on my Apple keyboard, I wouldn't have had time to report here, but would have been standing from morning to night throwing rotten eggs at Apple's windows in Cupertino. 

I use this magic keyboard for all Macs and iPads with my iPad Pro 2022 🙂

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK2A3LL/A/magic-keyboard-us-english

Both most recent models

[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.

[Bit Disappointed]

3 hours ago, Serif Info Bot said:

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.

Just verified both control + D as well as ESC on a non-Apple keyboard, both now works, thanks!

Expect them both to work as well when I will verify on the much lighter and better Apple keyboard later this evening.

[James Galpin]

Thank you so much.  Tested and working.  That is fantastic.  A software company that listens to its users.  How refreshing.

[Sean P]

53 minutes ago, Bit Arts said:

Just verified both control + D as well as ESC on a non-Apple keyboard, both now works, thanks!

Expect them both to work as well when I will verify on the much lighter and better Apple keyboard later this evening.

 

49 minutes ago, James Galpin said:

Thank you so much.  Tested and working.  That is fantastic.  A software company that listens to its users.  How refreshing.

That is great news! Thank you both for the conformation  

[Bit Disappointed]

11 hours ago, Sean P said:

That is great news! Thank you both for the conformation  

Hey @Sean P

ESC works with a regular selection of objects, but if I select some text in a text frame, ESC has no effect.

In Affinity for desktop, the first time I press ESC, it deselects the text selection and the second time it deselects the text frame.

I think that scenario should also be handled by ESC. 🙂

[Sean P]

On 11/17/2023 at 2:50 AM, Bit Arts said:

Hey @Sean P

ESC works with a regular selection of objects, but if I select some text in a text frame, ESC has no effect.

In Affinity for desktop, the first time I press ESC, it deselects the text selection and the second time it deselects the text frame.

I think that scenario should also be handled by ESC. 🙂

Thanks for that! I'll get that logged as well

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[iOS] Hardware keyboard issue: Deselect command doesn't work for objects, only pixel selections" (REF: AF-1092) 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.