Quick selection of connected nodes in Designer 2 (v2.5.7 )

[CCC-PB]

Below is an older Designer 1 topic I came across, looking for a Designer 2 alternative to Illustrators alt+node tool:

I'm sorry to say that the mentioned ctrl+A (select all) is not at all the same as Illustrators alt+node tool. See attached video clips (first is Illustrator, second is Designer 2). Is there possibly a way of doing this in Designer that I overlooked? I think it would be very helpful functionality in Designer too.

[Pu Koh]

This is sooooo. needed. 

I find the whole implementation of nodes and line manipulating convoluted and complicated for no real good reason. 

If i want to create this shape in adobe AI it's a 1 second job. 

M key. Click and drag a box. A key, click on bottom line. Delete key.

 

In designer, it's 

M key, click and drag the box. Right click shape. Convert to curves. Node tool. select left corner. Shift click right coner. Click break node button. Select line. Delete.

 

In what world does this make ANY sense.

[carl123]

10 minutes ago, Pu Koh said:

If i want to create this shape in adobe AI it's a 1 second job. 

M key. Click and drag a box. A key, click on bottom line. Delete key.

In Designer

Select Pen Tool, draw shape

[Pu Koh]

yeah, not exactly easy if i want it to be a specific height and width.

Any other suggestions?

[carl123]

2 minutes ago, Pu Koh said:

yeah, not exactly easy if i want it to be a specific height and width.

Any other suggestions?

In Designer

Select Pen Tool, draw shape
Select Move Tool, set specific height and width in Transform Panel

[lepr]

On 1/21/2025 at 6:21 AM, Pu Koh said:

If i want to create this shape in adobe AI it's a 1 second job. 

M key. Click and drag a box. A key, click on bottom line. Delete key.

Affinity Designer on macOS:

M key. Click and drag a box. Cmd+return. Ctrl+click on bottom line.

 

[Pu Koh]

amaze. i don't even see the cmd+return in the shortcuts preferences. How did you work that one out! And Ctrl click to delete a line?!?! Amaze. Super intuitive.

Where did you learn all these magic tricks.

[lepr]

4 hours ago, Pu Koh said:

amaze. i don't even see the cmd+return in the shortcuts preferences. How did you work that one out! And Ctrl click to delete a line?!?! Amaze. Super intuitive.

Where did you learn all these magic tricks.

Cmd+return is displayed in the Layer menu.

The status bar of Designer 1.x informed about using ctrl to delete a path segment. Unfortunately, 2.x neglects to include that hint unless the ctrl key is actually depressed. 

 

[CCC-PB]

3 hours ago, lepr said:

Cmd+return is displayed in the Layer menu.

The status bar of Designer 1.x informed about using ctrl to delete a path segment. Unfortunately, 2.x neglects to include that hint unless the ctrl key is actually depressed. 

 

@lepr Thank you very much for pointing this out and your helpful contribution. This helps a lot! I like to add that, to be able to see the hint in the status bar -  besides needing to press the ctrl key -  you'll also need to hover over the element you want to delete. I don't mind the workflow in Illustrator differs from Designer, I can adapt to that :)

[lepr]

1 hour ago, CCC-PB said:

you'll also need to hover over the element you want to delete

Yes, the status bar is contextual with all tools in the app. 

[Meliora spero]

6 hours ago, lepr said:

Cmd+return is displayed in the Layer menu.

The status bar of Designer 1.x informed about using ctrl to delete a path segment. Unfortunately, 2.x neglects to include that hint unless the ctrl key is actually depressed. 

Serif, it is the equivalent of a bug that this CTRL + click shortcut no longer appears in the status bar when using the node tool and pointer is over a segment of a line. It's hardly a deliberate change and it hits a bad spot, it's an eminently usable feature.