Floating documents - questions

[CaroleA]

I do scrapbooking and I use many different components. Using the tabbed format for all the papers, photos, ribbons, buttons, is less than ideal because the file names start with similar prefixes (designer's name, kit name, category of element) before getting to the actual name that would be descriptive.

For that reason, I rather SEE what I am working. Will I add the red button or the green button? Will I try the straight or curly ribbon? When doing scrapbook pages, there is a lot of trial and error, and changing our mind. That is part of the process.

Now, I know I can float the windows for the individual elements, but the "window" does not match the "image", and if I zoom out to view more elements on the workspace, I still have to do at least 2 click and drag to size down each window. This makes the process very tedious.

Is there a way to match the window to the zoom value of the element on a floating window?

If not, has it ever been suggested? Or am I the only one who would use this time-saving feature?

[R C-R]

It would help to know which Affinity app(s) you have & if you are using a Mac or Windows system.

That said, it may be worth considering using the Assets panel to store your components instead of opening each one in a separate document window. Then you could just create one document for each page (or assuming you are using Affinity Publisher one document for each project) or if using Affinity Designer then one artboard for each page, although using Affinity Publisher would be best.

[CaroleA]

You are right. I should have added those details.

I am using Affinity Photo and using Windows.

If one has to create/save/import all the elements one at a time, it would not be convenient as scrapbook kits typically come with 20-50 components, and a typical scrapbooker would have over 100 kits. That is why, I would navigate through my stash, open the files I THINK I might be interested in using, and work just like I would, on a table, with different stickers, papers, ribbons, etc.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, CaroleA said:

it would not be convenient as scrapbook kits typically come with 20-50 components...

Each as a separate file?

[CaroleA]

27 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Each as a separate file?

Yes they are. Some are large (3600x3600 pixels) some are small (300x300). Some are jpg, some are png.

[NathanC]

Hi @CaroleA,

To my knowledge, there isn't a shortcut to automatically scale the Floated Window to the size of the canvas content, feel free to raise as a feature request though. 🙂