Lock horizontal/vertical coordinate while drawing - Zoom and pan

Questions & Problems
#1

Hi,

I’ve noticed a couple of things that used to work differently on version 6.5:

  • holding shift while drawing would lock the horizontal / vertical coordinate. This allowed drawing straight lines on the fly without having to select the line tool.

  • when zooming with the mouse wheel the mouse position was the focus point of the zooming. This was a very convenient way of zooming and panning around by using just the mouse.

Are these features still available on NG?

Thank you

#2

Yes, both of these functions are still there and active by default. Can you describe what feels different with NG?

#3

Neither is working for me. Holding shift doesn’t lock anymore and zooming is always focused on the center of the screen. I’m running NG v7.1.7 on W10.

#4

Please make sure that in the “Control” section in the Tool & Paint Settings this mode is selected:
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But I have no idea why Shift should not lock. I just tried wit h the Free Edition holding Shift + just moving the mouse locks the brush dot preview on the line when first moving horizontally. Moving vertically does not change the vertical position :thinking:

#5

Yep, I didn’t have the zoom+center option selected. As for the locking while holding shift I’ve had a fresh install of v7.1.8 and it’s working fine now.

Thank you!