Accessibility: Add 3D Mouse/Joystick Support

[Roboko]

Hello,

I'm a digital artist who would like to use Affinity Photo in my Workflow. I work on a large Wacom Cintiq and typically use a 3D Mouse.

Contrary to it's name, a 3D mouse is useful for much more than just 3D Work. 3D Mice are a knob like input device that can take input on several axis/motions (eg, pushing up down, side to side, rotating, twisting).

 

If there was 3D Mouse Support, I could easily work with my pen, moving the canvas around using the 3D Mouse in my other hand. I could rotate the entire canvas whilst I work by twisting the mouse from side to side, dynamically zoom the document in and out by pushing the mouse downwards or pulling it upwards, in the same way I do as I work with 3D documents. This would be a very ergonomic solution, especially for people like me, who do not have newer, touch capable devices where tasks such as zooming, rotating canvas etc are tasks involving several steps that require keyboard or mouse input, both of which devices are difficult to keep in arms reach/use when you have a large tablet screen right up against you.

My 3D Mouse is a 3DConnexion Device. 3D Connexion Devices could be supported natively by your software, or you could accept Joystick input for zooming/rotating/panning the canvas, which most 3D Mice including mine can emulate and this would be a solution that anybody can use and would make Affinity more accessible for people such as myself.

 

Best,

Roboko

[TwoWeims]

Yes!  Please add support for this mouse.

[GeoffH]

Yes, another vote for this feature. 3Dconnexion devices are supported by nearly all 2D/3D CAD systems as well as other programs.

The ability to pan and zoom an image whilst you are working on it is really useful. 3Dconnexion have an SDK available to developers. A 3D mouse/controller in your left hand combined with either a tablet or a mouse is a very efficient way to use the software.

The full 3D controllers have multiple customisable buttons so you can all your frequently used commands at at your fingertips.

[RodneyT]

And support for Palette Gear 

[Thorsten Zimmermann]

3DConnexion SpaceMouse is useful, would be appreciated.

[Carl1602]

I'm also would love to use my 3Dconnexion with Affinity, I'm so used to using it to pan/zoom that I have to move it out of reach when using Affinity so I don't spend half my time trying to use the wrong device.

Edited July 2, 2019 by Carl1602

[keeldat]

I would also like to request that Serif work with 3DConnexion to offer hardware support for Affinity Photo and Designer. I have one of their Navigators and I really miss being able to use  it now that I no longer use Adobe products. Please, Serif, make this happen. 

[Bernhard Brieger]

Would be a very nice and useful feature....

[santiagopm]

I usually work with Blender in wich I use my 3dConnexion mouse and every time I switch to Affinity Designer I miss the 3d controller.

[mac17]

Yes i agree would like 3dconnexion to  work with affinity 

[poof]

Yes please, I want to be able to fully control the canvas with my new 3Dconnexion while drawing

[Phazon]

Yes please, it could also be used to change a brush's opacity/ size/ strength dynamically, if you allow the user to change the per-axis input. Furthermore, I can see use for switching between navigation and settings for brushes using one of the buttons on the 3d mouse. These devices can make work very intuitive and fluent, please consider (especially for the upcoming 3d texturing in Photo)!

[BBoB]

Yes, 2 hands up from me!

Please add spacemouse support. 

On Affinity Designer please. 

[Plasma Drone]

I would also be grateful for support for my 3dconnexion mouse

 

[JLee ID]

This would be a game changer for my workflow! Adding my vote for this request.

[Rezorrand]

It's kinda doable with a slew with other applications.

Controlling Affinity Designer with SpaceMouse Pro - YouTube

I posted earlier more details in here:

Develop 3D mouse drivers for affinity designers - Feedback for Affinity Designer on Desktop - Affinity | Forum (serif.com)

While this "works", I'd very much prefer to have native support, as it's kinda hacky.

Edited March 17, 2022 by Rezorrand
Added own vote for feature.

[jurandm]

Join to that request. 
Would be really cool to indeed have support to free zoom in/out and move canvas all around.

Substance Painter team added support after 3 months of give promise it will be implemented. unless that was in their folder "for later", looks like not that hard thing to add.
Fingers cross and thanks

[Gary9450]

Please add support for Connexion devices.

[GHAO]

This function would be great and I guess it's not to hard to implement.

[Thomas Lagarde]

Any updates on that ?
Seems like there hasn't been much progress as far as I can tell

[HCTango]

Spacemouse support, YES PLEASE

I vote also for Spacemouse support. I use it for the CAD systems and in drawing mode is a wrist saver!

[Alakelele]

Please add support for 3dconnexion, support your power users.

[GHAO]

2025, still waiting for 3dconnexion control... that would definitly be an advantage over Adobe

[3D Nerd]

I would be grateful for this functionality. One of a few things stopping me migrating from Adobe