APhoto Export Persona forces snapping

[Ben M]

When snapping is turned off in Affinity Photo (2.6.0, Windows 11), the mouse still snaps inside the export persona.

If I e.g. uncheck

View -> Snapping -> Enable snapping

(or turn it off on the main toolbar before switching to export persona) then the mouse still snaps to the x and y positions of slices' center points and bounding boxes, and to the image's center and edges.

This is quite annoying if I'm exporting a large number of slices from an image, since I need to hold down Alt ('ignore snapping') the entire time.

Bug, maybe? Is there somewhere else I can change this, or a better workaround?

[GarryP]

I can replicate this in Photo 2.6.0 on Windows 10.

I haven’t found a way to stop the snapping to Slices from happening except via the Alt key.

See attached video.

I don’t know if there’s another way round it, or whether it’s designed behaviour, but it’s not what I would expect – Snapping OFF should mean no snapping.

[stokerg]

Hi @Ben M,

Snapping is auto enabled for the Export Persona unless you use the ATL key to ignore snapping (as shown on the hint line at the bottom of the app).  It's been liked this since V1 and is as designed.

If you'd like to see this changed, i'd suggest making a post in the Feedback section of the Forums here.

[carl123]

On 3/9/2025 at 7:16 AM, Ben M said:

This is quite annoying if I'm exporting a large number of slices from an image, since I need to hold down Alt ('ignore snapping') the entire time.

If you enable Sticky Keys on Windows, a double press of the Alt key locks it on, until you single press it again