The "[" and "]" to rescale selection brush tool doesn't work

[XW-Affinity]

This is a problem that I found periodically since the version of 2.0. When I selected the selection brush tool on Affinity Photo, the operation of press "[" or "]" doesn't change the size of the brush tool at all, but only trigger the alert sound. Now it's version 2.3, the same problem still exists. Is this because of my misoperation or is this a bug? 

[v_kyr]

Which macOS version and are the keyborad shortcuts already correctly (pre)assigned in APh (see therefor: customizing keyb shortcuts)?

[jmwellborn]

18 hours ago, XW-Affinity said:

This is a problem that I found periodically since the version of 2.0. When I selected the selection brush tool on Affinity Photo, the operation of press "[" or "]" doesn't change the size of the brush tool at all, but only trigger the alert sound. Now it's version 2.3, the same problem still exists. Is this because of my misoperation or is this a bug? 

On my MAC, I was having the same issue with Photo V2. The bracket shortcuts are present and identical in V2 to those in Photo V1. I have discovered that if you will go up to the Context Toolbar and uncheck Snap to Edges the "[" and "]" bracket shortcuts seem to work perfectly. Interestingly, if I then recheck Snap to Edges and try to resize the selection brush tool using the bracket keys, the shortcuts work!

Not sure about this, but it could be a bug.  

[XW-Affinity]

On 12/26/2023 at 8:17 AM, v_kyr said:

Which macOS version and are the keyborad shortcuts already correctly (pre)assigned in APh (see therefor: customizing keyb shortcuts)?

The macOS is Sonoma 14.2.1, the newest version. But this problem start from the version of 13. And yeah, I checked the shortcuts and it seems fine and I haven't find any problem there yet. 

[XW-Affinity]

On 12/26/2023 at 5:07 PM, jmwellborn said:

On my MAC, I was having the same issue with Photo V2. The bracket shortcuts are present and identical in V2 to those in Photo V1. I have discovered that if you will go up to the Context Toolbar and uncheck Snap to Edges the "[" and "]" bracket shortcuts seem to work perfectly. Interestingly, if I then recheck Snap to Edges and try to resize the selection brush tool using the bracket keys, the shortcuts work!

Not sure about this, but it could be a bug.  

Yeah it seems works with this way! I guess it is a bug and hopefully in the later version it can be fixed! I really appreciate it! 

[MEB]

Hi @XW-Affinity,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Can you try something for me please? If you change the default shortcuts to something else (F5 to decrease/F6 to increase or another single key shortcut) does it work correctly for you without using the "Snap to Edges" trick?

[jmwellborn]

9 hours ago, MEB said:

Hi @XW-Affinity,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Can you try something for me please? If you change the default shortcuts to something else (F5 to decrease/F6 to increase or another single key shortcut) does it work correctly for you without using the "Snap to Edges" trick?

I spotted this, and Today my bracket default shortcut keys in Photo 2.3 were working perfectly, with either Snap to Edges checked or unchecked.  I decided to change the default shortcuts to F5 and F6 to see what would happen.  Testing on that same document, the F5 and F6 shortcuts did not work with either Snap to Edges checked or unchecked.  Then I went back to Settings and changed the shortcuts back to the [ ] bracket keys. Testing on the same document, with either Snap to Edges checked or unchecked, the [ ] keys work.

I hope this helps.

 

[XW-Affinity]

On 1/2/2024 at 6:03 AM, MEB said:

Hi @XW-Affinity,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Can you try something for me please? If you change the default shortcuts to something else (F5 to decrease/F6 to increase or another single key shortcut) does it work correctly for you without using the "Snap to Edges" trick?

I tried this one but it didn't work. It still happens periodically.