shushustorm Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Hello everyone! I've got some questions about shortcuts in Affinity Photo and Designer: 1.: I read that ctrl + shift + tab is supposed to let me jump to the next file. But for whatever reason, this only works sometimes. Is there a different way to jump to the next / previous file? Could I be doing something wrong? 2.: Is there a way to select the layer above / below the currently selected one? I am working on OSX 11.6 using Designer 1.5.1 and Photo 1.5.1. Thanks for any help! Shu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 2. On Windows… Ctrl + Alt + [ Ctrl + Alt + ] I guess Mac uses Option key instead? Check Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Draw > Select > Select Next / Previous. shushustorm 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 2. On Windows… Ctrl + Alt + [ Ctrl + Alt + ] I guess Mac uses Option key instead? Check Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Draw > Select > Select Next / Previous. Alt and Option (⌥) on a Mac are one and the same, but the Mac Ctrl key is different from the Windows one. The Mac equivalent to the Windows Ctrl key is the Cmd (⌘) key. shushustorm and Aammppaa 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 For #1: On a Mac, ctrl + shift + tab allows you to cycle backwards through your open document tabs. (Without shift, it cycles forward). In Separated mode it doesn't seem to do anything. shushustorm 1 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...
shushustorm Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Thank you for your replies! 2. On Windows… Ctrl + Alt + [ Ctrl + Alt + ] I guess Mac uses Option key instead? Check Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Draw > Select > Select Next / Previous. Alt and Option (⌥) on a Mac are one and the same, but the Mac Ctrl key is different from the Windows one. The Mac equivalent to the Windows Ctrl key is the Cmd (⌘) key. Unfortunately, when clicking cmd+alt+5 and cmd+alt+6, Photo will actually move the currently selected layer to the one above or below. But I'd like to select the layer above or below and not move any layers at all. For #1: On a Mac, ctrl + shift + tab allows you to cycle backwards through your open document tabs. (Without shift, it cycles forward). In Separated mode it doesn't seem to do anything. Yes, it does work to some extent. But only sometimes. Sometimes it will just do nothing or react slowly (about .5 seconds after clicking the shortcut). Maybe this has something to do with Photo 1.5's general slowdown. EDIT: It does work faster and more reliably when the UI is hidden (tab). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 @shushustorm The keypress I gave you does what you ask... you just need to check the Mac equivalent. Look under Edit > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Select > Select Next / Previous shushustorm 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shushustorm Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 I tried to find those settings, but I can't. Maybe I am missing something? I also took screenshots of the window: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 @shushustorm The keypress I gave you does what you ask... you just need to check the Mac equivalent. Look under Edit > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Select > Select Next / Previous The Select menu items "Select Next" & "Select Previous" (and the keyboard shortcuts for them) are in Affinity Designer, but not in Affinity Photo. shushustorm 1 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...
Aammppaa Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Thanks R C-R for clearing up that confusion! Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shushustorm Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 The Select menu items "Select Next" & "Select Previous" (and the keyboard shortcuts for them) are in Affinity Designer, but not in Affinity Photo. I see! You're right. Designer includes those options and they do work. So there is no way of doing that in Photo then, right? I thought Photo and Designer would (and should) share those options and shortcuts where possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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