Polygonius Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 If my both hands on the keybord -- its a "wide way" to to move one hand to mouse and select in toolbar another tool than the TEXT_TOOL. I would send "welcome" to an option that i can ESCAPE test-tool via (eg. cmd+t). And i would doubel welcome that this shorty is so smart: to recognize what i want "as next": For example: i hit cmd+t PLUS i hit (inside 1 second) also V =the tool box will deactivet TEXT-tool and activate the MOVE tool! Any solutions/suggestions for such stunt? Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Have you tried the Esc (Escape) key? You may need to press it twice, in some circumstances, depending on what you want to do next. Polygonius 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, Polygonius said: And i would doubel welcome that this shorty is so smart: to recognize what i want "as next": For example: i hit cmd+t PLUS i hit (inside 1 second) also V =the tool box will deactivet TEXT-tool and activate the MOVE tool! A not so well known command is to use CMD+D to deselect the text tool when in editing mode. Then hit the shortcut key for the tool you want to use next. But basically CMD+D (I think it's Option+D on Mac) behaves the same as ESC. d. Old Bruce and Polygonius 2 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...
MikeTO Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Note that Cmd+D (shortcut for the Deselect command in the Select menu) will deselect the text frame entirely while Esc's action varies: If text is selected in a text frame: Esc will deselect the text and leave the text cursor in the frame. If the cursor is in a text frame: Esc will remove the text cursor from the frame but leave the frame selected. Unfortunately, assigning Esc to Deselect will not work in a text frame because the behaviour of the Esc key is hardcoded in the context of editing text. But if Cmd+D isn't convenient enough you could find another single key to map to it. Polygonius 1 Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Have you tried the Esc (Escape) key? You may need to press it twice, in some circumstances, depending on what you want to do next. Thanks. I have my ESCAPE_key set to deselect (all)... so it cannot work? But if there is a COMMAND, to "ESCAPE from Teyt-modus", so i should be able to re-shorty this? (in my logic). But where is this COMMAND of this and how to find... so i can re-shorty this? I am very familar with shortcuts-preferences... as far i know, where this ITEM is to find! PS: All AFF_Apps shortcut-manager... why is there no way to search to Commands and show" conflicts" (yleeow Alaram... via rightclick... is this so difficault to implement?Have a look at the FREEWARE oceanaudio ... so should a shortcut.manager look like (even better ist BITWIG... but yeah, this a Pay-appp...) At least Ocean-Audio-like shorty.manager you should have! Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, dominik said: A not so well known command is to use CMD+D to deselect the text tool when in editing mode. Thanks - it works! Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 37 minutes ago, MikeTO said: Note that Cmd+D (shortcut for the Deselect command in the Select menu) will deselect the text frame entirely while Esc's action varies: If text is selected in a text frame: Esc will deselect the text and leave the text cursor in the frame. If the cursor is in a text frame: Esc will remove the text cursor from the frame but leave the frame selected. Unfortunately, assigning Esc to Deselect will not work in a text frame because the behaviour of the Esc key is hardcoded in the context of editing text. But if Cmd+D isn't convenient enough you could find another single key to map to it. Thanks. Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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