Permanently turn 'clip tp canvas' off?

[TonyS3]

I am using Designer 2 for Mac

I am finding the clip to canvas feature annoying. It seems to always be on by default and I use the area around the canvas to store pieces whilst I am working.

It is tedious constantly having to go to the view menu and turn to off.

is there some way to disable it for all documents without further user intervention?

 

[walt.farrell]

When I turn it off on my Windows system, it remains off for any new document I create after that. However, as the setting is Saved with any Affinity document you save, if you open an old document that had it on, it will be turned on again for that document. (However, it will still be off for additional new documents I create.)

 

[PaulEC]

3 hours ago, TonyS3 said:

It is tedious constantly having to go to the view menu and turn to off.

I don't know if it's the same on a Mac, but on Windows I just use the keyboard shortcut: \

 

[George-Frazee]

52 minutes ago, PaulEC said:

I don't know if it's the same on a Mac, but on Windows I just use the keyboard shortcut: \

 

This works on macOS as well.

[TonyS3]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

When I turn it off on my Windows system, it remains off for any new document I create after that. However, as the setting is Saved with any Affinity document you save, if you open an old document that had it on, it will be turned on again for that document. (However, it will still be off for additional new documents I create.)

 

Thanks Maybe that's what I've been doing. I will try to make a conscious effort to check opened old vs new

[TonyS3]

1 hour ago, PaulEC said:

I don't know if it's the same on a Mac, but on Windows I just use the keyboard shortcut: \

 

Same \ on mac, but i don't want to switch it off every time, I want it off by default as I use the area as a scratch pad 

[PaulEC]

26 minutes ago, TonyS3 said:

Same \ on mac, but i don't want to switch it off every time, I want it off by default as I use the area as a scratch pad 

I was simply saying that you can use a keyboard shortcut, rather than having to use the menu.

As Walt said, once it's set off it should stay off. The only time you need to change it, is if you open an old file it which it was set to be on.

[George-Frazee]

42 minutes ago, TonyS3 said:

Same \ on mac, but i don't want to switch it off every time, I want it off by default as I use the area as a scratch pad 

I use artboards for this reason. Depending on what I'm doing, I scratch out ideas in the outside area or I'll draw out a new "sketch" artboard to put together elements before dropping them into the "main" work. Is there a reason this approach wouldn't work for you?

[Evaluation complete.]

57 minutes ago, TonyS3 said:

Same \ on mac, but i don't want to switch it off every time, I want it off by default as I use the area as a scratch pad 

It sounds like a setting Serif should remember between program sessions. Some settings are retained, while others are not.

Other example. Snapping on/off is remembered on the desktop version but not on the iPad, which is quite frustrating.

[walt.farrell]

12 hours ago, Ingelise said:

It sounds like a setting Serif should remember between program sessions.

It is remembered across sessions, for new documents you create. But it can change for a document if you open an old document with a different setting.