Cursor defaults to a selection

[DeCommissaris]

New user from MS Publisher and I love Affinity Publisher so far but one difference really aggravates me. 

In MS Publisher, if I left a page element, my cursor defaults to a pointer so that I can select the next element I'm working on. In Affinity, when I leave, for example, a text box and click on another element such as a graphic, I erroneously create yet another text box.

Can it be set to default back to a selection arrow somewhere in settings?

Thanks for any help... I am pulling out what little hair I have left

Edited December 3, 2024 by DeCommissaris
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[Komatös]

Hi @DeCommissaris and welcome to the foums.

The only way, I know, to do this is pressing v to select the move tool.

[DeCommissaris]

That seems a more cumbersome way to do it rather than defaulting to a select tool every time. Thanks for the reply

[Komatös]

10 hours ago, DeCommissaris said:

That seems a more cumbersome way to do it

Two different programs, two different approaches to object selection!