New feature: Re-zoom

[casterle]

When I'm zoomed in working on an image, I need to zoom out occasionally to see the overall effect. Fit to Screen is great for this, but how do I get back to my original zoom level and screen position? How about a new feature: Re-zoom. 

When I pressed Fit to Screen, AP would record my screen position and zoom level; then pressing Re-zoom would put me right back where I was. Quick, efficient and (I imagine) easy to implement.

[walt.farrell]

For existing functions, you might try:

• View > New View which will give you a second view of the same document. You can pan to where you want to be, at a different zoom level from the other view, so all you have to do is switch between the views rather than zooming in and out.
• Using the hamburger menu in the Navigator panel, select Advanced. Then you can zoom and pan to a point of interest, and using the cog icon you can add a new Viewpoint. Or several, at different locations and zoom levels. Then when you want to see a different zoom level or location you can just switch to a different viewpoint.

[Old Bruce]

further to ninja @walt.farrell's explanation heres some pictures.

View Point 1 will return you to the close-up.

[casterle]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

View > New View which will give you a second view of the same document.

 

3 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

urther to ninja @walt.farrell's explanation heres some pictures.

Thank you both! I've only been using AP for a few weeks - so much yet to learn!

Do you know if there's a way to assign switching between views to a shortcut?

[Old Bruce]

25 minutes ago, casterle said:

Do you know if there's a way to assign switching between views to a shortcut?

You have to assign one.

we can only cycle through them not just go to one particular one.

[casterle]

8 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

You have to assign one.

we can only cycle through them not just go to one particular one.

Hey, that's perfect - I only need two. Thanks again.

Edit: I just added the commands my tablet's wheel. Cool beans!

[walt.farrell]

43 minutes ago, casterle said:

Do you know if there's a way to assign switching between views to a shortcut?

Note that @Old Bruce's shortcut work with View Points, not Views. I'm not aware of shortcuts for Views, except that having created a new View, you can use the Window pull-down to switch between one View and another. And at that point, if the pull-down shows that one view is window #2 and the other is window #3 then you can use alt+W+2 or alt+W+3 to switch between them.

[lepr]

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[Old Bruce]

22 minutes ago, >|< said:

Try ctrl-tab to cycle forward (and shift-ctrl-tab to cycle backward) through views, just as you would cycle through tabs of a browser. This does work in the Affinity apps on macOS, but I don't have these apps for Windows.

On Mac it is Command `. Usually (incorrectly) referred to as tilde ~. It is the key directly below the escape key, to the left of 1.

[lepr]

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[Old Bruce]

We must have different OS Preferences set up, for me in Affinity Photo using the consolidated window with several tabs I use Control ` to cycle through them. In Affinity Photo in Separated Mode I can't cycle through the open windows. Must be missing a preference for that and never use Separated Mode anyway. Command Tab only ever and always cycles through my running applications.

[walt.farrell]

Ctrl+tab is Next Window in the Affinity applications on Windows, too.
Which is also a form of Next View, I suppose, if one has only two tabs open

[lepr]

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