Hold button for crop

[David2 (David Petrtýl)]

'm taking a product photo. I would need a hold button when cropping the photo horizontally. It would also be useful for retouching lines.

[Joanna (Joanna Carter)]

I’m sorry but you need to explain yourself better. What exactly do you want to achieve?

[Egregius ([Greg] (Micro 4/3 + Win11))]

I could be wrong, but it sounds like you want a way to keep the mouse cursor moving in a straight line. For cropping, I’m not sure why this would be necessary, since you can drag edges of a crop rectangle - not just the corners. For retouching lines, how often are they purely horizontal or vertical? I just zoom in further and keep the brush as small as possible. That said, this old feature request might be partially relevant:

Draw straight lines with the Brush tool (“Local Adjustments”)

As stated in the topic heading: Having the capability to draw straight lines with the Brush tool. Method: Click at the beginning of the location for the straight line with the Brush tool, then click at the end location with the Brush tool while holding down the “Shift” key. (Just like Photoshop.) This feature of course would be very valuable for masking linear sections of a subject - currently there is no option other than manual drag - not the most efficient~precise approach for long segment…

[Wolfgang ([ Win10, PL+VP+FP, Nik7 / 3.3 ])]

just back and reading here:

@David2

… when cropping the photo horizontally

IF you want to crop relative to the horizon line

you can select “Crop / Auto based …” (= in DxO’s presets 1 + 2)

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… a hold button … useful for retouching lines

Yes, I’ve been asking about this for a long time (see the link posted by @Egregius).