Stuck on hand tool

[MickRose]

This hasn't happened before. Went back to an opened document and the hand tool was displayed. I couldn't get rid of it without closing APub down & re-opening. I don't know if I had pressed something. Pressing any other tool or the escape key didn't help

[Gabe]

Hi @MickRose,

Sorry for the delayed reply. 

I could not reproduce this in the latest build. Can you please check it again and confirm if it's still an issue? 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[MickRose]

Hi GabrielM - it hasn't happened since or before. If it happens again I'll let you know.

[spinko]

happens all the time in my setup (Mac Catalina with latest versions of Affinity apps).

Pretty frustrating.

[MEB]

Hi spinko,
Can you detail step by step how to reproduce it?

Are you using alt+spacebar whilst clicking on canvas to zoom out?

[spinko]

Hi, yes I use that shortcut quite often to zoom in or out.

edit... just that again with the space bar and in unlocked the tools... what am I doing wrong ?

edit 2.... pressing the spacebar unlocks the tools.

thanks :-)

[MEB]

Hi spinko,
You are not doing anything wrong. This is a known issue that's already logged to be looked at. Pressing alt+spacebar whilst clicking on canvas to zoom out does end up stuck in the hand tool/wrong cursor in certain circumstances. Pressing spacebar a single time (when stuck) does unlock/display the correct cursor as you discovered (drag the mouse a little if the cursor didn't change). Until this is fixed that's the only quick work around we are aware of. Thanks for checking/confirming the issue.