enkaytee Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hi Either I'm missing something or the backspace key on a Mac keyboard no longer serves to delete a selection. I found this extremely useful in trimming layers - is it still available and disabled in settings somewher or has it been purposely removed? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hi enkaytee, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) It's working fine for me here. Are you sure you have a layer selected in the Layers panel? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkaytee Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hi - thanks for replying. Yes - a layer is selected. The only way I can currently 'remove' a selection is to use the fn-backspace combination (equivalent to 'forward delete') It used to be a one key operation and I haven't changed anything on the Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkaytee Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Hi - thanks for replying. Yes - a layer is selected. The only way I can currently 'remove' a selection is to use the fn-backspace combination (equivalent to 'forward delete') It used to be a one key operation and I haven't changed anything on the Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkaytee Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Sorry - probably should confirm this relates to Photo 1.5 on a Mac. I've checked in the keyboard mapping preferences - I'm only seeing 'delete' in the layers section and I've deleted and reset the key. Selecting 'delete' from the layers menu works and the shortcut key is displayed as the Mac delete key. It's a Magic Keyboard and I'm also using a Wacom tablet - I see there have been some issues in layers with these tablets. Later I'll connect a Mac USB keyboard and disconnect the tablet to test further. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkaytee Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Have confirmed this is a problem with typical small form factor Mac keyboards (Magic Keyboard / MacBook) as they don't have a distinct, separate delete key which the full size USB keyboard has. Have logged it as a bug, as it used to work with these keyboards in previous versions. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shushustorm Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I also can confirm this issue. I updated Photo to 1.5 and 1.5.1 and ever since, I cannot delete layers using backspace in Designer. Now, I have to right click the layer directly to delete. However, it does work in Photo. Software used: OSX 11.6 Hardware used: Retina Macbook Pro 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkaytee Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Hi - it would be nice to know that this has been recognised as an issue by Serif and will be investigated....haven't had any feedback from the company since posting this and filing a bug report. Anyone from Serif want to respond? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Somehow, this issue persists. I use a full keyboard so I can still delete, but not with backspace. Somehow, the backspace key is reserved for going through history steps, but I can't find any way to change this? It would be great if this can be addressed, as this annoys me every time, as it is different behaviour to other programs like PS and Clip Studio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Try using ⌘+X that should delete the selection. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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