Cursor or pointer doesn't work

[Bobbie Gee]

I am studying from a beginners tutorial.  But, something happened to the cursor or pointer won't change into tools.  It stays on a cross hairs symbol.  I am stuck!  I can't go forward with following my lessons on my own software. 

Please help.

[Hangman]

Hi @Bobbie Gee and welcome to the forums,

1. Which Affinity app are you using?
2. Could you provide a link to the tutorial you're watching so we can see the steps involved?
3. At what time code in the tutorial do you see this happening?

[Bobbie Gee]

I am using Affinity Photo 2 on my Mac.  It really doesn't have anything to do with the tutorial.  I am just following along, on my computer.  I clicked on something and the pointer won't pick up the brush tool and make a circle.  It stays this 4 point cross symbol.  It is just something real simple fix, but since I hardly know anything, yet, about the Affinity program, I am stuck.

[Hangman]

5 minutes ago, Bobbie Gee said:

I clicked on something and the pointer won't pick up the brush tool and make a circle.  It stays this 4 point cross symbol.

What width do you see for the selected brush in the Context toolbar... anything below 12 px (for a 300 dpi document) tends to only show the crosshair... If your document is 72 dpi that value will likely be around 2.5 px...

With the Brush tool selected try clicking the right square arrow key on your keyboard a few times to increase the brush size and see if the circle becomes visible...

[Bobbie Gee]

THAT WAS IT!! The pixel size.  I must have made it too small by using the bracket keys.  Thank you so much.  There is so much to know, and so easy to get into trouble. 😳

[Hangman]

1 minute ago, Bobbie Gee said:

THAT WAS IT!! The pixel size.  I must have made it too small by using the bracket keys.  Thank you so much.  There is so much to know, and so easy to get into trouble. 😳

That's no problem at all, I'm glad you have everything working again...

[Old Bruce]

In the preferences, User Interface section, you may have Always show brush crosshair checked. 

[Hangman]

10 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

In the preferences, User Interface section, you may have Always show brush crosshair checked

The circle is always shown, that setting just adds the cross hair to the existing circle (or brush shape)…

[walt.farrell]

CapsLock is another possible cause of this, I believe, in V2.

[Bobbie Gee]

Hangman had the right answer for me.  I must have made the pointer too small.  I had 1pix wide.

Thank you all for your replies.  You are all geniuses from my perspective.  😀🙏

[RayCr]

On 8/12/2024 at 8:35 PM, walt.farrell said:

CapsLock is another possible cause of this, I believe, in V2.

Many thanks. This was doing my head in. I knew it was a simple press, but assumed it was an accidental shortcut activation by me.

Cheers.