Shortcuts bugs

[antoniose74]

All Affinity programs are having trouble when I'm using a key shortcut each time I press one they go back to the previous one instead of the current one I pressed

Example:

When I use the Pencil Tool shortcut then go to Vector Brush one it goes back previous one 

I'm not double clicking and moment i take my hand off the button or press or click something it goes back to the last one

Edited August 5, 2024 by antoniose74

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Affinity forums, @antoniose74. 

I can't be sure from your description, but I think you're referring to shortcuts for Tools, such as B for Brush or V for the Move Tool. 

If so, then it is intentional that if you press the shortcut when you're already using a particular tool, you will switch back to the previous tool.

That helps with workflows like this: 

1. Paint something with the Brush.

2. Press V to switch to the Move Tool so you can move something. 

3. Press V again to switch back to the previous tool so you can continue working, without having to remember which shortcut that would need. 

There is a Setting related to this, which requires pressing Shift if you want to cycle between the tools that share the same shortcut. If that's what you're trying to do, perhaps you need to press Shift, or disable that Setting. 

It's under the Tools section of Settings. Sorry, I can't provide a screenshot right now.