misc33 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I have read on this forum that in order to quickly access an element of my design that is part of a group, I need to command click it. That works well half the time, but the other half of the time I find myself with a duplicate of the element I'm trying to select. This gets very messy very quickly! How can I make sure that I'm just selecting the element I want, not copying it? Also, why does AD have command as the click-drag copy key, rather than option/alt? Quote MacBook Pro 15" 32GB RAM, iPad Pro 12.9" + Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil. Software tools of my trade: Affinity Designer | Affinity Publisher | PDF Expert | Drafts | The Archive | Plutio https://eandrpublications.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hi misc33, Both ⌥ (option/alt) + drag and ⌘ (cmd) + drag will create a copy of the object. ⌥ (option/alt) + drag will only work if the object is already selected and also disables temporarily the snapping while you're dragging the copy. To avoid creating a duplicate when ⌘ (cmd) + clicking an object to force select it make sure you don't drag the mouse. The duplicate is probably because it's being dragged accidentally. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misc33 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Ok, thanks. I think you're right that dragging is indeed the issue here, because I'm not used to cmd creating a copy. Quote MacBook Pro 15" 32GB RAM, iPad Pro 12.9" + Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil. Software tools of my trade: Affinity Designer | Affinity Publisher | PDF Expert | Drafts | The Archive | Plutio https://eandrpublications.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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