abject39 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 The Help manual in Affinity Designer says there's an auto scroll function. Right now if I click an object it highlights but it doesn't scroll to it. If there's a way to enable it the help document seems completely wrong in detailing how this works. The icon in the help manual doesn't exist. How do you enable this auto-scroll function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 This topic may help. Basically, the help topic is wrong about the name & where to find it. Apart from that, it is perfect. toltec 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
Staff MEB Posted November 4, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2017 Hi abject39, The names and location are correct but currently this menu button is only available on the Mac version (was introduced in v1.6). You are probably runing Windows. I'm logging this to be looked at. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 1 hour ago, MEB said: The names and location are correct but currently this menu button is only available on the Mac version (was introduced in v1.6). I just noticed the addition on the Layers panel menu, so I stand corrected on that ... but that makes me wonder what the function of the "Auto-scroll to show selection in Layers panel" item in preferences > User Interface is supposed to do. It apparently does nothing. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
Staff MEB Posted November 4, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2017 It does exactly the same thing as the option in the Preferences panel. It scrolls the Layers panel automatically to the selected object on canvas. You need to have the Layers panel full of objects/layers to see it scrolling otherwise it just highlights the layer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Just now, MEB said: It does exactly the same thing as the option in the Preferences panel. It scrolls the Layers panel automatically to the selected object on canvas. That is not happening for me: whether the box is checked or not makes no difference. Only if "Auto-scroll" in the new menu is checked does the Layers panel auto-scroll. I just checked this with a file that has 128 "Layer" layers. If "Auto-scroll" in the new menu is enabled, scrolling occurs regardless of the preference setting. If it is not enabled, no scrolling occurs regardless of the preference setting. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
Staff MEB Posted November 4, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2017 There must be something wrong then. I will have to check it out. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 25 minutes ago, MEB said: There must be something wrong then. I will have to check it out. Thanks for the quick reply. Please do post back here if you cannot duplicate this, but that can wait until next week. I hope you & the other staff will take at least part of the rest of the weekend off -- you certainly deserve that after all the time you have put into answering the torrent of questions since the 1.6 retail updates went live! I don't know if it matters but the 128 layer file I used as a text came from https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/11/freebie-nice-things-icon-set-png-ai-source/. It is a complex ai format file that opens perfectly well in Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
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abject39 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 Yes, I am indeed running Affinity Designer on Windows. The preference option that enables auto-scroll does indeed perform the function for me. It is not on by default though. I assume it's supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JavierBecana Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 It'd be useful to include a reference to the Preference>UI setting in the help docs when explaining the auto scroll feature. I had auto scroll turned on but it didn't work because this setting was off in Preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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