Make Image Dimensions Automatically Match Clipboard's

[HuniSenpai]

This is a little pet-peeve of mine: make image dimensions automatically match clipboard's when you do crl +n for a new document. 

Affinity Photo has "New From Clipboard" (Crl + alt+ shift + n) but that's a two-handed hotkey and, oftentimes, I only get the object on my clipboard so that I can copy its dimensions. Say I want to make a banner for a webpage. I use Window's snipping tool, take an image, and then put it on my clipboard. Then I just do crl + n, press okay, and bang, done.

It is subjective, of course, what's more important: having it be based on what settings you used last versus what you have on your clipboard. As such, this could be added as a setting, allowing users to choose between the two. I would certainly change it to the latter method the first chance I get.

 

Thank you! 

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, HuniSenpai said:

Affinity Photo has "New From Clipboard" (Crl + alt+ shift + n) but that's a two-handed hotkey and, oftentimes, I only get the object on my clipboard so that I can copy its dimensions.

Why not just change your keyboard shortcut to one you like better, using the Preferences dialog?

Ctrl+n is File > New, which needs to bring up a dialog for setting various options. It would be inappropriate to skip that dialog just because there happens to be an image in the clipboard. At best the dialog could start with your dimensions filled in, but as you note you need to press OK. (And, personally,  like the Ctrl+n to work the way it does now. so to satisfy both of us they'd need to add another Preference for how it works)

But for a true 1-step operation, you can simply change the Ctrl+Alt+Shift+n shortcut to something else you like that takes only one hand, and use that. Then you won't even need to press OK.