Work Area Size

[Historian1904]

I was trying to teach myself how to watermark a photo and somehow managed to increase the size of the work area so that it blotted out the icons for options at the top of the screen.  How do I 'reset' Affinity to the default options?

[Gabe]

Hi @Historian1904,

Welcome to the forums. 

Are you on Windows or Mac?

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Historian1904]

I'm on a Mac.  Thanks!

Jeff

[Gabe]

Try this: CTLR+CMD+F 

[Historian1904]

No, that just toggles Affinity to take up the entire screen - that's for all Mac programs.  What I need to know is how to reduce the size of what I'm calling the work area within Affinity - I'm sure I'm not identifying the area correctly.  I can no longer see the icons at the top of where you work within Affinity.

[Gabe]

Try View > Studio > Reset Studio . Just beware that this will reset the current workspace to a default one. 

[v_kyr]

Or go to the View menu and look that show symbol bar, context bar etc. are checked!

[Historian1904]

View>Studio>Reset Studio fixed the issue.  Thanks!!!  I'll try teaching myself how to watermark again and pay attention this time to see how this happened.  Thanks, guys!

Jeff

[v_kyr]

How did Dan Aykroyd aka Sgt. Frank Tree already said in the 1941 movie ...

Quote

• Sergeant Frank Tree : You shouldn't touch the ordnance at all. But more specifically, you should never pull this hand-operating lever to the rear.

  Ward Douglas : Never.

  Sergeant Frank Tree : Do not push a clip of ammunition down into the feed rollers here.

  Ward Douglas : No, sir, never.

  Sergeant Frank Tree : You never restore this lever to firing position. Do not make sure that this cover is completely closed.

  Ward Douglas : No, sir.

  Sergeant Frank Tree : Never depress operator's foot triggers here, here and at the rear here.

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, Historian1904 said:

I can no longer see the icons at the top of where you work within Affinity.

Are you talking about the Mac OS menu bar that contains the Apple menu, File menu,  Edit menu, etc.?

If so, even if you are in full screen mode so that menu bar is hidden, just moving the pointer to the top of the screen & waiting a moment should drop down that menu bar, & also reveal the three round 'traffic light' window control icons in the Affinity menu bar. If you then click on the rightmost window control icon (the green one), it should take you out of full screen mode.  

[Historian1904]

R C-R - No, the problem was different.  It had nothing to do with the Mac OS menu bar.  I solved it by following the suggestion of another person to go to View > Studio > Reset Studio.  That did the trick.  Thanks for your comment, though.

Jeff