when ctrl+clicking, slightly movement triggers duplicating

[seabirdr]

When Ctrl+clicking to select the object, very tiny mouse movement triggers object duplication.

 

I've posted in Feature request here(https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27620-disable-ctrldrag-duplicating-objects/), hoping  an option to disable ctrl+clicking to select objects.

TonyB said this is a bug, and suggested me to repost this problem here.

 

Any improvement is appreciated. Thank you.

[Chris B]

Hey seabirdr,

I've noticed you can make the mouse move a tiny bit before the object moves when snapping is on and you get a duplicate. I maybe wouldn't expect this. If I turn snapping off, the object moves with the mouse, even with a tiny movement. I would expect this to duplicate. 

[seabirdr]

Hey seabirdr,

I've noticed you can make the mouse move a tiny bit before the object moves when snapping is on and you get a duplicate. I maybe wouldn't expect this. If I turn snapping off, the object moves with the mouse, even with a tiny movement. I would expect this to duplicate. 

 

forgot to post my previous post. it is here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27620-disable-ctrldrag-duplicating-objects/

 

I have been drawing an android UI whole day with AD windows and surely snapping was turned on. When almost finished, I checked the layers&object and was shocked by so many repeating objects. Which I found late is caused by unwanted ctrl+dragging.

[Patrick Connor]

Hey seabirdr,

I've noticed you can make the mouse move a tiny bit before the object moves when snapping is on and you get a duplicate. I maybe wouldn't expect this. If I turn snapping off, the object moves with the mouse, even with a tiny movement. I would expect this to duplicate.

Chris,

 

Tony suggested it needs to be a significant movement, and was a Windows bug.

 

 

It should only duplicate if the mouse moves a long way or you hold the mouse button down for a long time. What version and platform are you running on and what kind of pointing device are you using? 

 

If there is a problem then we should fix it instead of offering to disable it.

[Mark Ingram]

This has been raised several times, the last of which is located here -> https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/25465-holding-ctrlclick-on-an-object-duplicates-it/

 

 

if you hold the mouse button down for longer than 250ms, it will think you're starting a drag, so will clone the objects if you have CTRL held.

 

 

This duration isn't unique to the Windows version.