How do I turn off the new bring into focus mode?
Can I change what the double left click operation does?
As far as I know you can't but I suggest that you go into Windows and set your double click speed. I can only imagine how many errors your sending to your applications if you accidently double click regularly.
Thanks David,
I'll play around with the double click speed to see if it helps.
I"m using a new laptop with a touchpad and this new function is driving me nuts! I created a ticket with Corel draw several days ago but typically haven't received a response.
Hi Bob. Sadly no. This new "annoying" feature is also driving me up the wall, but it cannot be deactivated.It would be nice to have an option to turn it on or off, but no. It was a feature that was requested by many users, supposedly...
I have to agree Stephan.Even though it is a nice new feature, it is far too easy to accidentally activate it if you double click in the wrong place.Examples: You double click an object to switch to Shape tool (node editing), or you double click a text object to activate Text tool, but the object happens to be part of a group so Focus mode gets activated instead.
How are you guys accidently doing all this double clicking? Corel will most likely introduce the change for the subscription version but this is just poor hardware setup.
It is not necessarely about "accidentally" double clicking, David.Power users often double click an object to activate Shape tool (to start node editing) or Text tool (to start text editing), instead of going via the toolbox or using a shortcut.If this is done on an object that happens to be part of a group (which isn't obvious if the object hasn't been selected first), focus mode will be activated instead.FYI, I have set mouse wheel click to double click for as long as I can remember and yes, it happens that I accidentally double click when I try to work fast, but it is a minor problem (compared to the benefits of "one click double clicking" ) and it is not related to what we are talking about here.
Power users seem to have more problems then the term power user would imply.
Power users get problems when the software doesn't behave the way it should do.In this particular case it can be blamed on a new feature that hasn't yet been fine tuned to reach its full potential.As long as the software works the way it should do, these power users, who take advantage of a customizable workspace and helpful macros and tricks, will run in circles around any "average user".Unfortunately though, Draw has still too many UI- and stability bugs that tend to slow them/us down.
So who are you to say how it should work? You lease the software not own it.
You modify your system and when Corel adds a new feature to Draw it conflicts.
That's not a power users it's a typical CorelDRAW user. As someone who was actually paid to do time studies on productivity I beg to differ.
Macros are only useful for repeated tasks, especially output tasks if they repeat many time a year. Unfortunately many Draw users don't understand that.
Customized work spaces have a limt, unfortunately time saving due to customizations are more often than not imagined, an unfortunate malady of small to very small companies.
For a few reasons heavily customized work spaces in most cases cost more in time then they save. The biggest problem with customized work spaces is sharing work stations between users, in some cases due to extreme and bizarre customizations by extreme and bizarre users, (there are no shortage of the with Draw users), instability, excessive need for IT support.
True cost is the time to create the work space, lost time to regularly maintain the space, transferring the space during upgrades. Lost time acclimating another user to a work station.
The cost of IT support for a CorelDRAW user who is extreme and bizarre is so high it's cheaper to fire them and put in Adobe CC. I've seen it many times.