Shortcut Request: Reset Brush and Load Brush Buttons

[nyagao]

Hi Affinity Team,

First of all, thank you for your amazing work with Affinity Photo. I really love using it every day!

I have a request that would make the painting workflow even smoother:
Could you please add shortcut key assignments for the "Reset Brush" and "Load Brush" buttons?

■ Request:

Please allow keyboard shortcut assignments for:

• The "Reset Brush" button in the Brush Tool

• The "Load Brush" button in the Paint Mixer Brush Tool

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■ Reason for this request:

These operations are frequently needed during workflow, but currently require mouse interaction each time, which interrupts smooth creative flow.
Especially for "Reset Brush", macros or brush presets cannot fully replace this functionality, and having a shortcut would greatly improve efficiency.

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■ Suggested Implementation:

• Add "Reset Brush" and "Load Brush" commands into the Keyboard Shortcuts settings

• Allow users to freely assign their preferred key combinations

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I believe this feature would significantly enhance Affinity Photo’s usability and benefit many creators.
Thank you very much for your consideration!

 

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Affinithy forums.

Are both of these requests about the Paint Mixer Brush?

If so, what would Reset Brush do? Is that the same as Clear Brush (when English is used as the interface language)? In that case, I think C will do what you want, but it's not configurable. The Status Bar should show you the available shortcuts, including that one.

And the Status Bar should also show L for Load, which though not configurable should solve your other request, I think.

(Neither of these seem to be documented, though I thought they were at one time.)

 

[Pšenda]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

The Status Bar should show you the available shortcuts

[nyagao]

Thank you very much for the clarification!
I completely understand now.

I apologize for missing the information shown in the status bar earlier.
I appreciate your detailed explanation and support.

I'll make sure to check the status bar more carefully from now on.
Thanks again for your help and for taking the time to reply so kindly!

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.