One of the first thing I told my students, was that the “correct” keyboard shortcut for new layer is CTRL+Shift+N. A very long time ago I actually tought courses on Photoshop. If the panel is not open or there no or multiple selected layer do nothing.Īlternatively a new layer dialog that asks for a name would be a great alternative. You wouldn’t even need to scroll it into visibility (I think SketchApp) doesn’t do this. 90% of the time there is a layer selected, I know which one and pressing CMD+R or a similar hot key could set the keyboard focus to this layer name. The request is super well articulated and the reasoning “you have to select a layer first” is just wrong. But explaining to users that this request is not valid is just a plain insult. I could understand the argument of hard to implement focus handling. And the input frequently loses focus after the first character. ![]() Esp. since the layer name inputs are so difficult to click (fitt’s law?). It is basically the one thing I hate about AF. I can’t emphasize enough how important this feature is for me. Pressing the enter key: Computer makes Beep. Pressing the enter key: Starts and stops edit mode.Ĭommand + Option + N -> New Layer and does not preselect the name for me so I have to reach for the mouse, move the arrow to the layer and click on it only to then reach back to the Keyboard. There is a shortcuts panel in the settings where you can even choose the layers menu to manage shortcuts but there is a menu item missing: "Rename layer".Ĭommand + Shift + N -> New Folder with preselected name ready for typing while both hands are on the keyboard. I think Affinity Designer should at least have this behavior as minimum requirement and also add a shortcut. Please look how Apple does this in the Finder: Command + Shift + N creates a new folder and also enters edit mode with the text already selected. So its sole purpose seems to be a group. I believe people who create a new group or layer have a very specific thing in mind and want to give this logical group a name. Any shape i create at this point will be added as a child to this newly created layer. When this new layer is created, it is also selected. So there is a shortcut to create a new layer Command + Option + N. All I can suggest is to add your request to the mix & see what happens. So for the developers, it isn't just about adding one or a few new hotkey customizations it is also about which overall combination of features would benefit the most users & which ones would add unwanted complexity those in the "K.I.S.S. Some of these things would work best in combination with other features, for example to automatically open the Layers panel if it is not currently open, & to auto-scroll to the layer & auto-expand a parent layer to reveal a child one if necessary so users can always see what they are typing. There also have been requests for hotkeys to navigate through the Layers panel, to expand or collapse parent/child layer groups, & for just about everything else that does not currently have a definable hotkey. ![]() That has already been requested by a few users. But it would speed things up even more if creating a new layer automatically moved the keyboard focus to the name field without having to use a hotkey. If we are now talking about naming newly created layers rather than renaming existing ones, then I agree that it would. Yes, but if we will talk about creating a new layer and giving a name right away then will speed up process a lot from my perspective Why there is play/carret icon instead of folder icon? I think the absence of this simple feature making affinity designer less effective for meįor example, I've 100+ layers and I always giving proper names to my layers, then I should select and click 100+100 times instead of just select layer press on a hotkey and start renamingĪnd plus I don't like the icon for grouped layers ![]() + in photoshop you can do that by making your own hotkey In other words, there is no faster way to do this without drastic changes to the UI that would prevent other keyboard inputs including hotkey shortcuts from working.īut why there is no option just to select the layer and press on ctrl + r (cmd + r) to rename layer without clicking on it What was you cannot avoid clicking on a layer in the Layers panel to change the focus to its name field - otherwise keyboard input would not be directed to the name field of the layer, so since you have to move the pointer there to do that anyway, just double-click while the pointer is there & begin typing.
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