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Inconsistency in keyboard shortcuts for increase text size, decrease text size, etc.


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I've highlighted 4 default shortcuts below, for Text Size Bigger (or Precise Bigger) and Smaller (or Precise Smaller). Note that they show as combinations of ctrl and alt and the > or < keys:
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Those work. However, if I try to recreate those shortcuts, they end up as:

  • Ctrl+Shift+.
  • Ctrl+Alt+Shift+.
  • Ctrl+Alt+Shift+,
  • Ctrl+Shift+,

Of course, on a standard US keyboard the > is a shifted . and the < is a shifted , and I suppose they might be laid out differently on some other keyboard.

And this isn't just an issue for Publisher, as it also affects Designer and Photo. But the inconsistency between the initial presentation and what the user can actually set is at best annoying, and at worst a (small) bug, so I figured I'd post here. Feel free to move somewhere else if it's really a feature request or a "By Design" :)

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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9 minutes ago, Chris_K said:

the shortcut s focused on the actual characters used.

 

I just checked and Cmd + = is good for Zoom In which the Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts says is Cmd + +

"+" is Shift "=" on this keyboard. Also I am sure that Zoom In used to work that way Cmd + Shift + =  to get the Plus.

Hope you can decipher this.

 

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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14 minutes ago, Chris_K said:

Hi Walt, the shortcut s focused on the actual characters used. This has been intended since the start of the Affinity Apps

Thanks, Chris, but I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "the actual characters used", Chris. Yes, the default shortcut for increase size shows the Ctrl and the > key, but > is shift+. and if I try to set the shortcut to Ctrl+> Affinity insists on calling it Ctrl+Shift+. instead.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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