Keyboard shortcuts – a closer look

Keyboard shortcuts play a crucial role in any application's workflow and Affinity Designer is well equipped to offer you a great deal of control over how you assign your shortcuts. If you are coming from another application and would like to reassign Affinity Designer's shortcuts to match shortcuts either the same or similar to your previous app, the Keyboard Shortcuts panel is where you can do that:

Figure 3.9 – Keyboard Shortcuts preferences

The panel is laid out in such a way that it allows you to choose the area you would like to adjust via drop-down menus on the left side.

If you recall the first chapter, the concept of Affinity Designer's personas is like having three different applications in one. So, instead of just having one set of keyboard shortcuts, we really have three sets, one set for each Persona. This is something to be aware of when assigning or editing your shortcuts...