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Crop shortcut should toggle crop tool on and off

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What problem do you see this solving?
I hit C (actually, my BetterTouchTool trackpad gesture shortcut) to enter crop, but then I have to hit Enter to exit it. In Lightroom, I can use my custom trackpad gesture (3-finger tap) to both enter and exit crop mode. This way I can go through a series of photos, cropping them without ever touching the keyboard.

As it is now, I can set my gesture to enter crop, but then I have to use the keyboard to exit crop with the Enter key (and if I decided not to adjust crop, it seems I have to click in the photo before Enter even works to exit Crop - why?)

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Every time I use the crop tool.

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
Haven't found any way of doing it as elegantly as LR - I could make yet another gesture shortcut for Enter, but I use a lot of gestures already.

Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?
Yes

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  • Ian Wilson
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    But surely you can go through a series of photos anyway. If you activate the crop tool (by hitting C or whatever your shortcut is) you don't need to do anything to confirm or commit the crop on that photo before you move on to the next image. So you can 

    • Hit C
    • Adjust the crop on Photo 1 (or leave it unadjusted if you prefer) then without hitting enter, or exiting the crop tool...
    • ... move on to Photo 2 - the crop tool will be still active, and you can use it on Photo 2
    • Move on to Photo 3...

    and so on, until you have finished cropping and want to do something else.

    Ian

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thanks Ian, I didn't realize that, and it's convenient, and I'll definitely use that. That part of it is better than LR, which requires a 2-stroke shortcut to advance during crop mode.

    Though my suggestion remains - C does nothing once you're in Crop mode, and you still have to reach over to hit Enter. (Sounds trivial, but I've made a lot of custom gestures so I can do a lot with only trackpad custom gestures, and rarely touching the keyboard.) So having C both enter and exit Crop seems logical and efficient.

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