Affinity Designer/Affinity Photo: Repetitive Things: Let me change the default behavior please! + Questions regarding other workflow madness!

[TGJPN]

Windows Affinity Designer and Photo 2.53:

These are some things I want to change the default behavior, but I can't. It's annoying that I can't. If I am wrong, please point out how I can do it to make my workflow less annoying.

Affinity Designer:
1. When I important a large image, it's often too big for the workspace. Off the workspace, it is black. In order to see the image, I have to press the (BACKSLASH \) key above the enter key. How can I change the default behavior so I don't have to push this key all the time? If I can't, why not? Feature request.

Affinity Photo:
2. I often use: Pen Tool > Make a Curve > Mask: How can I copy curves and add to the same mask?
Use case:
I often use the Pen Tool to trace an image to mask out what I want, what I don't want and to make the edges cleaner.

For example, if I wanted to mask out just the eyes of the character, I typically would:

1. Duplicate the image
2. Draw a rectangle around the whole image.
3. Mask the curve.
4. Continue the curve. Draw a curve around one eye and then the other eye.
5. Disable visibility of bottom layer and export the image with the eyes masked out.

How can I make step 4 faster and just duplicate the eye and quickly adjust the curve?

Affinity Photo:
3. I often forget to press the buttons to continue new curves with the same curve/object.
Can I change the default states of these buttons? Instead of always pushing these buttons, why can't I set the default behavior?

Affinity Photo:
4. Can I copy the curves and add them to the previous curve when using it as a mask?

Affinity Photo:
5. When using the Pen Tool, the curve is BLUE when at 0pt size. I want to be able to change the color of this curve sometimes so it's easier to work. 

Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo:
6. I often work with multiple documents open. Each document creates a document tab. I switch between these tabs often. However, I would like to be able to lock some tabs in place. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, TGJPN said:

5. When using the Pen Tool, the curve is BLUE when at 0pt size. I want to be able to change the color of this curve sometimes so it's easier to work. 

If the curve is selected, then, like its bounding box, it is always blue - even if it does not have zero width.

The color of the selected curve can only be changed by placing it in a Layer (and changing the color from the default blue), i.e. only in ADesigner and APublisher.