Hide object handles while moving

[skinneejoe 1]

When an object is selected it has the blue transformation handles. When moving an object with the keyboard arrows, or nudging it, is there a way to have those handles disappear so that I can see finer details about where I'm placing the object? I feel like this functionality was working when I first installed Affinity, but now it seems to have disappeared. Thanks!

[MEB 8,728]

Hi skinneejoe,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

With the Move Tool selected go to the context toolbar and check/enable Hide Selection while Dragging (the button after the "target" icon).

[skinneejoe 1]

Hey MEB, thanks! Actually I was hoping it would hide the selection while nudging. It does hide it when I move the object with my mouse, which is great. But I wish it also hid it while moving an object with the keyboard keys. 

[carl123 2,296]

Hold the Space Bar down when using the keyboard keys, this hides the selection for me

[skinneejoe 1]

Hold the Space Bar down when using the keyboard keys, this hides the selection for me

 

That does it! Awesome!

[Engawado 2]

On 11/21/2016 at 11:40 PM, skinneejoe said:

When an object is selected it has the blue transformation handles. When moving an object with the keyboard arrows, or nudging it, is there a way to have those handles disappear so that I can see finer details about where I'm placing the object? I feel like this functionality was working when I first installed Affinity, but now it seems to have disappeared. Thanks!

Any way to make this a default?