Option+Drag to Copy and Paste?

[toupee]

Hi!

 

Maybe this feature already exists and I'm missing it, but in Illustrator, I constantly copy and paste by dragging objects and holding the Option key. Possibly there's a different key command in Affinity that I'm missing, but it doesn't seem to be any of the common ones, if this behavior exists.

 

If not, then, I guess I posted in the right forum! :)

 

Cheers, you guys are killing it.

[MEB]

Hi toupee,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Press ⌘ (cmd) + drag to create a duplicate of an object.

You can also use ⌥ (option/alt) + drag but you must select the object first.

[toupee]

Oops, I wasn't holding Command (or option) before dragging. Now I've got it! Thank you!

 

One more Q: Is there any way to do this with Slices? (Which, by the way, I'm super excited about! I hate exporting artboards in Illustrator!)

[MEB]

Hi toupee,

No, not yet... :(

[toupee]

Hi MEB!

 

Thanks for all your help today. It's really appreciated.

 

This video actually is helping me to do what I want. I had no idea you could automatically make slices from objects. With a little bit of workaround thinking, I'm pretty sure I can do what I need. :)

 

 

 

EDIT: I actually found what I was looking for, more or less, with re-linking files! There's a button called "Replace Image" in the context toolbar when a raster image is selected! Yes!