Jim Monson Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 I'm working in AD 1.6. As before, I can chose the option I want in the Swatches pane under Appearance and the change remains. However, when I click "Fill" or "Stroke" in the Context Toolbar, the default is "Color" and there does not appear to be a way to change that. Thus, if I want "Swatches" in the Context Toolbar (in "Fill" or "Stroke"), I must each time go through the same process. Is there any way to change this default to "Swatches" or some other option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Might not be exactly what you want but you could set Swatches to toggle with a shortcut, see video Affinity Photo - Quick Toggling Panels It might help a bit. Aammppaa 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Monson Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Thanks. I've used that but as long as I am moving with my mouse and have the Context Toolbar nearby, it is much faster just to hit the colour box there. It's not a big thing but having the swatches come up in the Context Toolbar would speed things up. I'm editing tons of map details and would rather not having to go to Swatches panel itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Well I set the Swatches panel to appear by pressing the backslash key This is what appears by clicking on the context menu. Then on swatches I don't see much in it, but obviously you know best how you like to work. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 2 hours ago, toltec said: This is what appears by clicking on the context menu. Is the Swatches tab selected when you click on the "Colour:" rectangle, or is it the Colour tab that is? For me on my iMac, it always defaults to the Color tab, thus requiring a second click to display whatever Swatches category I last used. 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...
toltec Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, R C-R said: Is the Swatches tab selected when you click on the "Colour:" rectangle, or is it the Colour tab that is? For me on my iMac, it always defaults to the Color tab, thus requiring a second click to display whatever Swatches category I last used. Yes, sorry, I had to click on Swatches too, It defaults to colour. (I edited my original post) That's why the \ shortcut works better (for me). Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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