darkwark Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 When I try to modify shape's controls it tends to snap each move to some predefined values: But I can hold Alt to move controls freely like this: Is there a way to inverse this behaivour? E.g. hold Alt for snapping and move everything freely by default? (Global Snapping seems like doesn't affect this) Quote @darkwark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 24, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hi darkwark, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) No, there's no way to inverse the behaviour. ⌥ (option/alt) overrides snapping not only in the Shapes Tool but basically everywhere else where is applicable in the program /Move Tool, Node Tool etc. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwark Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 I understand that Alt overrides snapping in other tools. Well, that's unfortunate. It feels like some of the shapes are kinda broken because of this. For example, cog wheel has only ≈3 snapping-stages, and I can't even return it back to the original (default) state: As I remember it doesn't worked like this before (like in versions below 1.4). Are you sure there's no settings for this? Quote @darkwark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 24, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hi darkwark, The cog tool has no "stages". It's only snaps the node you are dragging when the cog's teeth edges are perpendicular to the center (note the smart green guide appearing when it snaps). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwark Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 By “stages” I mean that the control node is snaping between few values. And step between these values is too high, which makes it uncomfortable to work with. As the result I have to always hold alt to skip the snapping. But I understood that there's nothing I can do about this. Thanks for the help. Quote @darkwark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 darkwark, Don't overlook the items on the context toolbar that allow you to set shape parameters either by entering numeric text values, using sliders, or if you have a scroll wheel function on your pointing device simply by hovering the pointer over a text field & using the scroll wheel function to increment or decrement those values. You do not need to use the alt key to avoid the snapping behavior with this -- the values change smoothly. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 24, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2016 Clicking and dragging left/right over the attribute's labels in the context toolbar also changes the values. Zooming in a little also helps to get more precision when dragging the controls on canvas. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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