Designer Keyboard Zoom

[Drexus]

It appears that pulling up the zoom tool with the keyboard requires a specific sequence of keys. Simply pressing OPT+CMD+Space in any sequence will not give you the means to zoom out with a click. Only by grabbing the spacebar will you be able to zoom out with a click. 

Is there a reason for this? You'll have to excuse me for this, I've been using Illustrator for 30 years.

[MikeTO]

Hi @Drexus and welcome to the forums. It's a bit confusing because it doesn't work consistently for zooming in. Zooming out is always Cmd -

• If the cursor is not in a text object, press Cmd = to zoom in (don't hold Shift)
• If the cursor is in a text object, press Shift Cmd = to zoom in

This is a known issue that hasn't been addressed yet.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-3921

[Drexus]

Ya, I just mash the keys all at once with zero delay. So sometimes I get a magnifying icon, and sometimes I don't.