howie013 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I'm using Windows 10 and a surface book 2, and when I try to adjust kerning in Affinity Photo or Photoshop using the alt-right arrow or alt-left arrow shortcut keys after I press the combination, a symbol is inserted. Alt-right arrow inserts a spade and Alt-left arrow inserts a diamond. Is there any way to disable this behavior? You can see in the photo of the history as soon as I loosened the kerning, a symbol was inserted. I'd like to disable the symbol from inserting if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted February 12, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hi @howie013, Welcome to the forums. That is not a feature of Affinity Photo. So the symbols must be coming from a 3rd party app, which has got that shortcut assign to that symbol. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie013 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hi Gabe - I understand it’s not an Affinity feature. It happens in Photoshop as well. I believe it’s a Windows feature that I can’t figure out how to disable. I am hoping there is another windows user who has had the same issue and found a way to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie013 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hi BofG - I don’t have a number pad on my Surface Book laptop. I only have the directional arrow keys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Disable alt + codes such as alt + right-arrow for spades Though it might be (don't know) that AutoHotkey may influences/conflicts with APh or disables those hotkeys then completely here then. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 It might change behavior with the FN or (CAPS + FN) keys then, see ... Any way to keep the Fn key enabled? Special Function Key Shortcuts Don't Work ... Also see ... Keyboard shortcuts in Windows howie013 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie013 Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) I thought I had the same issue in Photoshop as I do in Affinity Photo and Designer but I don't. The keyboard shortcut for kerning works as expected in Photoshop but inserts a special character in both affinity programs. EDIT - I figured out that if I hold down the Del key at the same time, the special characters are not inserted. Edited February 13, 2019 by howie013 answered my own question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted February 13, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 13, 2019 It's definitely something to do with your keyboard/windows settings, as we do not have anything in place for symbols like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie013 Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Good morning - if the issue persisted in across all applications I would agree that there is something with the keyboard settings on my Surface Book. I think the arrow keys on my laptop are being treated as the same as the number pad arrow keys in certain applications like Word, Powerpoint, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Designer but not Photoshop, Chrome, Excel. I found a workaround but I'm curious if I'm the only person that works on a laptop with no number pad that has this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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