Change keyboard shortcode for brush sizes?

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2020-01-30 21:21:58

Unfortunately Pixelmator (like other photo editing apps) has chosen Right bracket (]) and Left bracket ([) as keyboard shortcuts for brush sizes. Unfortunately, because German users can't type this brackets on their keyboards directly but only by pressing option+8 or option+9 – which than doesn't work as a shortcut anymore.

Any chance to change this somewhere? It's one of the most important shortcuts …

Thanks.
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2020-01-31 18:08:39

Good point! We'll see if we can add this to a menu somewhere, so you can customize it.
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2020-01-31 20:35:10

+1 :smile:
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2020-03-31 13:46:54

@Andrius Another great update today, thank you. But no progress planned on this issue? Thanks or an update.
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2020-03-31 14:26:26

by Totoff 2020-03-31 11:09:49 @Andrius Another great update today, thank you. But no progress planned on this issue? Thanks or an update.
This actually slipped through as we didn't have a German keyboard to check — but we do now! Are you able to use the "Ü" and "+" keys for this? They're working for us and, as far as I remember, these shortcuts aren't actually mapped to characters, but to the physical keys themselves.
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2020-03-31 14:35:20

Thank you so much for getting back! Appreciate your support. I can confirm that Ü AND + increase brush sizes while Ü AND - toggle layer locking but don't decrease brush size.

For your reference have a look at my keyboard (don't mind the coffee spots please …)

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2020-03-31 14:51:20

Haha, it's all good! Just to clarify, you should press those keys one at a time — "Ü" should decrease the brush size while "+" should increase it, is that not quite what is happening? The "-" key (next to the Shift key at the bottom) should indeed lock layers on a German keyboard as that's where the "/" key is on a QWERTY keyboard.
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2020-03-31 14:55:59

Lovely, it works!
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2020-04-02 08:21:08

Glad to hear it! Maybe we should add a German keyboard shortcut guide. :smile:
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2020-04-02 08:36:18

by Andrius 2020-04-02 08:22:41 Glad to hear it! Maybe we should add a German keyboard shortcut guide. :smile:
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