Staff Ash Posted January 3 Staff Share Posted January 3 Apps: All Platforms: Windows, macOS and iPad While transforming any object with the move tool (whether resizing, rotating, skewing or moving) you can now hold space to temporarily toggle Lock Children on or off (to achieve the opposite behaviour of what you currently have set in the context toolbar). thedivclass, Petar Petrenko, MikeTO and 29 others 25 7 Quote Managing Director Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) / Apple M1 Max / 64GB / macOS 12.0.1 iPad Pro 11-inch 3rd Gen / iPadOS 16.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruus Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Need some practice, but a useful addition. Great. debraspicher and Dazmondo77 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudantu Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Oooooh yes. I am the target audience for this one. Awesome Dazmondo77 1 Quote →MacOS (Latest), M1 Max Mac Studio, Designer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/3/2024 at 11:26 AM, Ash said: hold space to temporarily toggle Lock Children on or off Brilliant solution! SKT7, Dazmondo77 and debraspicher 3 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/3/2024 at 11:26 AM, Ash said: you can now hold space to temporarily toggle Lock Children on or off (to achieve the opposite behaviour of what you currently have set in the context toolbar) A very handy and clever solution to reach a checkbox that sometimes is hidden on the far right end of the toolbar. Even without touching this checkbox. Thanks! d. Dazmondo77 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleale1 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Oh, great! I was looking forward to "Lock Children" command appearing in the menu, so I could assign a hotkey to it, but you did even much better!!! THANKS! Dazmondo77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 6 hours ago, pruus said: Need some practice, but a useful addition. Great. If you just start the drag & then hold down the spacebar, it works fine, & you can even toggle between the two behaviors in real time by releasing & repressing it. aleale1, pruus and Dazmondo77 3 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Disappointed Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Thanks for this one - it's a REAL treat for those of us working with hierarchies of objects. But there doesn't seem to be a way to do this on the iPad? 😞 ronnyb and Sonny Sonny 1 1 Quote Experienced Quality Assurance Manager - I strive for excellence in complex professional illustrations through efficient workflows in modern applications, supporting me in achieving my and my colleagues' goals through the most achievable usability and contemporary, easy-to-use user interfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benfischer Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Very nice! Thanks Can you add a note to the effect to the status bar (where it currently says Shift to constrain to 15 degrees) so it's more discoverable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 BRILLIANT! This is gonna save so much wasted time 👍 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I use Lock Children a lot, so this is indeed very handy. I can enjoy the benefits of Lock Children as needed without worrying too much about the state of the checkbox since I can set it to determine default behavior, which is more ideal. SKT7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB. Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Is there any chance this bug will be fixed? Otherwise, "lock children" has very little use for me, even with the space option which is a really good idea, because I always have to deselect the object and then select it again. Otherwise the box size would no longer be correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henric Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Thank you! Been wating for this or a shourtcut 🤩🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenogre Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Smart ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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