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A great workflow helper for keyboard driven work in Photoshop is what I know as sticky keys – but it works different from the Windows accessibility feature with the same name... If anyone knows a better name – please comment. 

The principle is simple but powerful and doesn't get into the way of anyone who doesn't want to use this feature: Pressing and releasing the E key from say the brush tool will switch to the Erazer tool permanently, just as usual. If one however presses and  keeps holding down the E-Key one can quickly eraze some strokes. Letting go the E key automatically switches back to the brush tool. The principle is similar to the way Panning via Spacebar is hooked up already – on release the previous tool gets re-activated.

The same principle might be useful for Designer and Publisher as well (Adobe uses it in AI and ID too).

 

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3 hours ago, Toonafish said:

I think a feature request is in order.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forum.

This is a feature request topic.

-- Walt
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