Unit Measurement, after changing to Inches, adds more increments as you zoom

[reconrad45]

How do I set the ruler measurement to just keep the standard increment points? After setting it to inches, and zooming in, there are no longer 16 increments but many more... I'd rather have a standard inches ruler that doesn't change when zooming in, but rather sticks with the 16 increments and with 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 having a slight larger line depiction. Any idea? Extreme noob. 

[Dan C]

Hi reconrad45,

Welcome to the forums

Unfortunately there's no way to set this manually in Affinity apps. Our rulers are dynamic, meaning the further you zoom in, the more 'points' are shown on the ruler - my apologies for any inconveniences this causes.

[reconrad45]

Hi Dan C, then perhaps I can get two options on the bucket list.. first option would be to have a "Show decimals" for the ruler option or a "Show Fraction" see attached. The second option that I would like to see added is a "repeat last action"... if I set a guide at .313, I'd like to have the program automatically set the guide at the next .313 interval from the last one via keyboard shortcut, as well as setting the number of guides.. I literally had to manually set guides, one by one,  adding decimals to find the next interval on the infinity points on the ruler was a nightmare. In the guides manager there should be an option to add a set number of guides at specified intervals. Thanks 

[reconrad45]

[thomaso]

On 7/30/2019 at 1:46 PM, Dan C said:

Our rulers are dynamic, meaning the further you zoom in, the more 'points' are shown on the ruler - my apologies for any inconveniences this causes. 

I doubt that the modern + positive sounding term "dynamic" really fits the occurring issues.
When working with this dynamism an impression of "chaotic" might pop up at some zoom values.
As a compromise the rulers could be named "flexible" and express that way their kind of "elastic rubber ruler" – nice if one wants to loose weight but not for layouts.