2046 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hello, With what I frequently fighting are two objects whose position I want to swap. Like say I need the text under this object or vice versa. Now I have to find them in layer and drag them where I want them but if you have dozen layers it is totally clumsy. The short cut up and down or or top or bottom movement is not of big help either. If we will be able to select the objects and from menu or via shortcut call "swap layer position" it would safe me/us hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelumpolelum Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 this feature would be very helpful for me too !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xman Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Forgot I needed this until I went to use it. I hope this is added at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 27.6.2016 at 11:53 AM, 2046 said: Like say I need the text under this object or vice versa. Hello @2046, welcome to the forum. What I describe is not a perfect solution but it will do what you are asking for in certain situations with a couple of mouseclicks Place an image and type some text underneath it. Select both. Hit the 'Flip vertical' button on the toolbar (same as menu 'Layer > Transform > Flip vertical' but this would be too many mouse clicks) Result: positions are swapped but everything is upside down. Next select only one of the objects and hit 'Flip vertical' again. Repeat with the other object. Result: both objects swapped their positions. This does work only for vertical and horizontal swaps. But it works right now Cheers, d. 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...
Alfred Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 31 minutes ago, dominik said: This does work only for vertical and horizontal swaps. But it works right now A couple of weeks ago I posted a more general workaround. dominik 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 22 minutes ago, Alfred said: A couple of weeks ago I posted a more general workaround. Hi @Alfred, I didn't see your post when you posted it. Your method seems to overcome the limitation to horizontal and vertical swaps. Nice d. Alfred 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...
dutchshader Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 i thought the question was about the position in the layers panel, in that case you could select one object CTRL>X select the other object and paste in front or behind Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, dutchshader said: i thought the question was about the position in the layers panel I think you’re right! I had only read @dominik’s reply, so I hadn’t seen the OP’s reference to "swap layer position". Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 12 hours ago, dutchshader said: i thought the question was about the position in the layers panel, in that case you could select one object CTRL>X select the other object and paste in front or behind Thanks @dutchshader for pointing to this 'interpretation' of the OP's question. I was thinking about that, too, but just could not believe that this was the question After all, this is be possible to do. There's the command set 'Layer > Arrange' that moves objects (= layers) back and forth (or better up and down). This then also applies to the layers panel even without locating the objects there. There are also keyboard shortcuts associated with these commands: CTRL+[ , CTRL+] . Cheers, d. 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...
Alfred Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, dominik said: There are also keyboard shortcuts associated with these commands: CTRL+[ , CTRL+] . The OP seems to be unimpressed. On 27/06/2016 at 10:53 AM, 2046 said: The short cut up and down or or top or bottom movement is not of big help either. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 20 minutes ago, Alfred said: The OP seems to be unimpressed. Well, what can I say else Let's see, if he (the OP) comes back. d. 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...
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