Keyboard shortcuts won't work if input method is not english

[Camue]

System: MacOS 15.2

Application: Photos 2.6 Beta

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Affinity Photo
2. open any document
3. use any brush tool
4. make sure the input method is [A] (us or similar layout)
5. use "[" or "]" to change the brush size
6. works as expected
7. change input method to [de]
8. now use ⌥5 or ⌥6
   (these are the keyboard combinations for "[" resp. "]" on a german keyboard.

result: the brush size does not change.
The size also does not change if you use the the + or # keys on the german keyboard 

 

[Hangman]

Hi @Camue,

This is a known issue logged under AF-706 which is currently awaiting a fix...

The workaround is to change the Keyboard shortcut for both under the Shortcut settings to ⌥5 and ⌥6 respectively.

[Affinity Info Bot]

An issue raised in this thread ("Brush Size default bracket shortcuts does not function on German Keyboards") has now been reported to the developers by the testing team (Ref: AF-706). Thank you very much for reporting this issue to us.

[Camue]

1 hour ago, Hangman said:

Hi @Camue,

This is a known issue logged under AF-706 which is currently awaiting a fix...

The workaround is to change the Keyboard shortcut for both under the Shortcut settings to ⌥5 and ⌥6 respectively.

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, this solution is not feasible in my situation because the problem with the square brackets is just an example. The problem also occurs with other key combinations that differ in the various input methods. 

I also work on different computers with different keyboard layouts that synchronise their configurations for various tools. This keeps the configurations of Wacom tablets, Monogram CC console settings, SpaceMouse settings and various programs synchronised to make it easier to switch between machines.

[Hangman]

Hi @Camue,

Thanks for the update... I'm unsure how you would resolve the keyboard shortcuts issue in that scenario...