Option key to scale from center

[prophet]

A fairly standard behavior in all of Adobeware is for objects to scale from their center point when holding down the "option" key (on macos), but seems to be lacking here.

[fde101]

Check the status bar along the bottom of the window while the pointer is over a handle: it is the command key in the Affinity apps.  Option bypasses snapping instead.

 

EDIT: fixed erroneous plural

[Old Bruce]

Try the command key on Mac OS.

[Chris_K]

Hi prophet

As Old Bruce says we use cmd for this

[prophet]

Thanks for the tip, but I would suggest swapping those actions.

Not to be snarky at all, but I do wonder why decisions like this get made. A known modifier key that a substantial portion of your user base has likely been using for, dare I guess…decades, if they are anything like me. Yet, at some meeting, somewhere, someone said, we should change this in favor of a new behavior. In ID (and PS and AI), holding option scales from center, while holding command does nothing. Why not map "bypass snapping" to the command key and avoid confusion?

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to the completed product.

[fde101]

QuarkXPress also uses option.  However, the other Affinity apps have been around for a few years and use command, so keeping it as it is maintains consistency within the product line, and that probably is more important here - particularly when you add that option to ignore snapping is used across multiple tools within the product, not all of which have an "around center" option.