Pattex Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 (edited) Hi, Could you add a keyboard shortcut for the Hand-tool while in a text frame? InDesign uses the ALT key for this, as the spacebar will add spaces. I'm really missing this feature. Otherwise we always have to leave the text frame to be able to pan with the Hand-tool. Thanks in advance. Patrick PS: Affinity Designer has the same 'problem'. Edited May 11, 2019 by Pattex garrettm30, Alexander Rutz and nicolasfolliot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 38 minutes ago, Pattex said: Could you add a keyboard shortcut for the Hand-tool while in a text frame? InDesign uses the ALT key for this, as the spacebar will add spaces. I'm really missing this feature. Otherwise we always have to leave the text frame to be able to pan with the Hand-tool. You can press the Esc (Escape) key, which will leave text-editing mode but leave the Text Frame Tool and the Text Frame selected. Then pan using the space bar, then click in the frame again to resume text editing. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattex Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 I know. As I said: "Otherwise we always have to leave the text frame to be able to pan with the Hand-tool." But this is a dirty workaround. Moreover you loose the last cursor position. nicolasfolliot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattex Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 Leaving the text frame to be able to pan around is like eating a soup with a fork. There's a spoon for the soup. Spoon missing for now. nicolasfolliot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 This seems like a good idea to me. Can anyone think of a reason while using the opt-dragging/alt-dragging while in text input would be bad or counteract some other functionality? I also didn't know this worked in InDesign. Now I'm going to start using it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 5/11/2019 at 1:21 PM, Pattex said: Could you add a keyboard shortcut for the Hand-tool while in a text frame? Doesn't pressed mouse scroll wheel or trackpad (2 fingers) work to pan without leaving the text frame? (works to me in macOS) Joachim_L 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 17 minutes ago, thomaso said: Doesn't pressed mouse scroll wheel or trackpad (2 fingers) work to pan without leaving the text frame? (works to me in macOS) Trackpad works, but with a scroll wheel, you can only move in one axis, which may or may not be what is needed. Of course, one can scroll up or down by default and left and right while also holding shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 MS Basic Optical Mouse 2.0 can move in any direction with just mouse scroll wheel pressed, but the limit are the edges of the window in contrast to the Pan tool where you can move without a limit. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattex Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 hours ago, garrettm30 said: This seems like a good idea to me. Can anyone think of a reason while using the opt-dragging/alt-dragging while in text input would be bad or counteract some other functionality? I also didn't know this worked in InDesign. Now I'm going to start using it. Thanks! You're welcome. This is also the reason why the Hand-tool in QuarkXPress is the ALT key. It ALWAYS works. In a textframe or not. DAC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM f/g Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I too miss this OPTION/ALT feature. As I mostly hold a wacom pen instead of a mouse, I have assigned the pan/scroll feature to one of the pen buttons. Works fine, but pressing the alt key is just more comfortable than using one of the pen buttons. Quote Macbook Pro mid 2015, 16 GB, double barrel: MacOS Mojave + Affinity 1 (+ Adobe’s CS6)/ MacOS Monterey + Affinity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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