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Selecting content with modifier keys


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Loving the Affinity suite of tools!  After years of using that other set of products, I've completely switched over to Affinity Photo/Designer for building icons for my web application work.

 

There is, however, one area that's just a bit less usable to me.  In that other photo editing tool, I was able to manipulate and build selections simply by using modifier keys on my keyboard.  For example, I could Command-click a layer to select its contents and then Shift-Command-click another layer to add to the existing selection.  Or, I could Option-Command-click a second layer to subtract from the existing selection.  Or I could Option-Shift-Command-click the second layer to form an intersection.

 

Now, in Affinity Photo, if the Marquee tool is selected, I do see modes (New, Add, Subtract, Intersect) in the upper left.  But these only appear to take effect if I select by dragging; they don't appear to apply to selections made by Command-click'ing a layer.  Also, having to click a button to change modes is a bit more cumbersome than using modifier keys to build selections this way.

 

Am I missing something?  Is there a way to build up selections with keyboard modifier keys? If not, consider this a feature request!   :)

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Hi cedrichobbs,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Currently the only shortcuts available for selection operations are the ones listed on the bottom of the application window (with a selection tool selected). As you discovered they only act over dragging. There's no options/shortcuts for managing selections directly from layers as in Photoshop. You can still perform these kind of operations using the Channels panel and Spare channels but it's way more convoluted than the process in Photoshop. I'm moving this thread to the Feature Requests section. 

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