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  • 9 months later...

This feature request needs more attention!

In most other design software that I use beside AD, I just double-click on the artboard names then I can rename them. Vry quick, very intuitive. When I get back to Affinity and want to do the same, nothing happens, then I remember, that's not a feature here.

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+1

This looks technically feasible and would enhance user experience by a lot.

Currently you have to click on the artboard on the canvas, then go to the layers list, double-click (or sometimes triple-click because click detection is a bit finicky in the side panels) the artboard's name, wait for the text input to open, enter the new name, press enter, wait for a black flash on the layers panel and continue with the next artboard. It can become tiresome on large documents.

Whereas on-canvas renaming would be as easy as double-clicking the artboard's name, entering the new one and you're done.

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10 hours ago, Catshill said:

Am I missing something? I rename the artboard by clicking its name on the canvas and entering it. I don’t touch the layer panel.

Here on Mac OS 11.6.4 this doesn't work. So I would like to know what tool you use to click on the name.

Does the name show up changed in the Layers panel?

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On 2/25/2022 at 4:52 PM, Old Bruce said:

Here on Mac OS 11.6.4 this doesn't work. So I would like to know what tool you use to click on the name.

Does the name show up changed in the Layers panel?

I am using Windows. I use the mouse over the Artboard name on the canvas and click, enter the new name and that is it. The name in the layer panel is changed as expected.

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2 hours ago, Catshill said:

I am using Windows. I use the mouse over the Artboard name on the canvas and click, enter the new name and that is it. The name in the layer panel in changed as expected.

Strange in Mac version doesn't work like that, we have to rename it in layers panel. I wasn't expecting that there will be feature difference between Windows & Mac version... reminds me of Microsoft Office... 

Any updates on that @Affinity team?
 

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