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In Affinity Designer, what's the absolute fastest way to select the colour sampling tool (that little ink dropper thing) and then apply that colour to a currently selected item?

 

By fastest, I mean least steps. 

 

I'm sick of doing mouse-miles up to the sampler, dragging down through the image to the desired colour, clicking on that, then going back up to the inkdropper's "well" to apply the colour.

 

This can't be the only/best way to do this. Please help.

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If you use the Colour Picker tool (as R C-R suggested) shortcut I

 

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if Apply to Selection is ticked

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If you have something, (like a rectangle) selected. Just sample a colour from the screen and it is immediately applied to the rectangle.

 

If you are painting, you can access the Colour Picker temporarily by pressing Alt and dragging on the screen.

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Depending on what tool you have selected it will start painting in the sampled colour.

Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions.

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@R C-R That is the tool I'm using. That is the tool I'm trying to find a faster way to use.

 

Is there no keyboard shortcut for sample and apply?

 

eg.

 

1. Select Rectangle

 

2. Tap "i" and click on a colour anywhere on the screen, see it instantly applied to the rectangle.

 

Does AD not have something like this?

 

If not, why not? Why are mouse-miles required to do one of the most common functions of all time?

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12 minutes ago, deeds said:

1. Select Rectangle

 

2. Tap "i" and click on a colour anywhere on the screen, see it instantly applied to the rectangle.

 

Does AD not have something like this?

 

 

That is exactly what it does and exactly what I described in my post, above, with pictures 

 

Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions.

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2 minutes ago, deeds said:

@toltec Shortcut "i" does not work for me in AD. Never has. Hence the question.

 

Given how many other ill conceived shortcuts they "borrowed" from AI, I've been most surprised this one isn't amongst them.

 

 

 

It works for me in both Designer and Photo. Always has. I use it quite a lot.

 

it seems to be specific to you. What spec and OS are you using ? or maybe local language ? 

 

Have you checked in the keyboard shortcuts  in preferences ?

 

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Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions.

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19 minutes ago, deeds said:

@toltec Shortcut "i" does not work for me in AD. Never has. Hence the question.

From the Keyboard shortcuts Affinity Designer help topic:

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These are the defaults the app ships with, so as @toltec said, unless you have changed some of them they all should work for you, including the "i" one. 

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