whereisscott Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Hi all, Does anyone know how to disable the image focal point's snap-to-center? I want to just move the focal point over the smallest amount from center, and it won't let me since it automatically snaps to the middle if you're within a certain distance from it. Thanks! Link to comment
Wolfsilon Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) I think if you move it the point up and over in the direction you want, you can get slightly more precise increments. Edited November 4, 2021 by Wolfsilon Link to comment
whereisscott Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 Yeah, it still snaps, unfortunately. As long as you're within about 15% distance of the radius of the center point, it jumps it right into the middle. It's really frustrating and I've been looking for some sort of code or workaround for years (or even a hidden setting to turn this off). I find it just so unnecessary. Link to comment
SHendler Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Having the same issue here. Any help? Link to comment
SHendler Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 @tuanphan Any thoughts here? Thanks for the help! Link to comment
tuanphan Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 21 hours ago, SHendler said: @tuanphan Any thoughts here? Thanks for the help! Can you share link to page? We can check easier Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
SHendler Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Hey @tuanphan Link to site here: StephenHendler.com I'm not 100% sure how you'd be able to check, but please let me know if you need any more info and thank you for the help! Link to comment
SHendler Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 @tuanphan any thoughts? Link to comment
tuanphan Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 10:44 PM, SHendler said: @tuanphan any thoughts? Sorry for delay. Just had some day off in Lủnar New Year. You mean images on homepage? https://stephenhendler.com/ Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
SHendler Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) Happy Lunar New Year @tuanphan ! So, in each of my project pages (https://stephenhendler.com/home/knicks-newyorkforever for example). The focal point snapping to center is the very first image - the background image. This is where it's happening for me - across all of my projects. Edited February 10, 2022 by SHendler Link to comment
tuanphan Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 11:11 PM, SHendler said: Happy Lunar New Year @tuanphan ! So, in each of my project pages (https://stephenhendler.com/home/knicks-newyorkforever for example). The focal point snapping to center is the very first image - the background image. This is where it's happening for me - across all of my projects. Try adding to Design > Custom CSS .section-background img[srcset] { object-position: unset !important; } Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
SHendler Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Hi @tuanphan I inserted your code, but unfortunately that did not work and the focal point still snaps to center. Take a look at the video I uploaded for reference, and you can see it snaps to center when you get close to it. Any other recommendations? IMG_2329.mov Edited February 14, 2022 by SHendler Link to comment
tuanphan Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 14 hours ago, SHendler said: Hi @tuanphan I inserted your code, but unfortunately that did not work and the focal point still snaps to center. Take a look at the video I uploaded for reference, and you can see it snaps to center when you get close to it. Any other recommendations? IMG_2329.mov 20.52 MB · 0 downloads The video doesn't exist. Can you check it again? Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
SHendler Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Uploaded here again @tuanphanIMG_2329.mov Link to comment
SHendler Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Were you able to see the video @tuanphan? Link to comment
tuanphan Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Missing your email. This week I had a toothache, I will check it again in the next week. In the meantime, you should post to Squarespace Customization Resource Group on Facebook SHendler 1 Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
juliaprather Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Aaargh I have this same issue and have had it for YEARS. I found my way to this thread right now because I am currently in search of some way to disable or override the annoying snap-to-center "feature." I really need to move the focal point just the tiniest bit. Has anyone figured this out? Link to comment
tuanphan Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 On 12/4/2022 at 6:09 AM, juliaprather said: Aaargh I have this same issue and have had it for YEARS. I found my way to this thread right now because I am currently in search of some way to disable or override the annoying snap-to-center "feature." I really need to move the focal point just the tiniest bit. Has anyone figured this out? Can you share link to page where you have problem? We can take a look Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
juliaprather Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 12/9/2022 at 8:39 AM, tuanphan said: Can you share link to page where you have problem? We can take a look Thanks so much for following up on this! The site is www.j2tampa.com. When you move away from the center of the image, you can make fine movements with the focal point. You can move it just a tiny bit up or down or sideways or diagonally. However, when you get near the center of the image, the snap-to-center feature takes over and you're no longer able to make fine movements with the focal point. The attached video shows my attempt to place the focal point right where I want it, and how the snap-to-center feature kicks in and jerks the focal point to the center, where I don't want it to be. This only happens when you get close to the center of the image. If you move away from the center of the image, you can successfully make slight moves. It would be so helpful to be able to disable to the snap-to-center feature, if there is a way to do that. Thanks again! IMG_6007.MOV Link to comment
Solution paul2009 Posted December 10, 2022 Solution Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) On 11/4/2021 at 10:23 PM, whereisscott said: Does anyone know how to disable the image focal point's snap-to-center? I want to just move the focal point over the smallest amount from center, and it won't let me since it automatically snaps to the middle if you're within a certain distance from it. 41 minutes ago, juliaprather said: when you get near the center of the image, the snap-to-center feature takes over and you're no longer able to make fine movements with the focal point. This is due to a deliberate design choice by Squarespace in mid 2021 and is not a bug. The focal point behaviour was intentionally changed ("to make it easier to centre"!) and this now prevents us moving it just a small distance from the centre. There isn't anything you can do to change this behaviour. The only workaround is to use the image editor to crop part of the image so the focal point is where you need it - which is ironic because the focal point exists to avoid having to do this! 🤯 I encourage you to contact Squarespace Customer Care to request that this feature be reinstated. Nothing will happen quickly (I already voiced my concerns in Sept 2021 and nothing has happened since) but at least it will help the product teams to understand the impact these poor design choices have on user experience. Did this help to explain? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ Edited December 10, 2022 by paul2009 whereisscott, SunEyes, juliaprather and 2 others 5 Me: I'm Paul, a SQSP user for >18 yrs & Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF.DIGITAL. We provide high quality original extensions to supercharge your Squarespace website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to my own SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is completely free. You can thank me by selecting a feedback emoji. Buying a coffee is generous but optional. Would you like your customers to be able to mark their favourite products in your Squarespace store? Link to comment
juliaprather Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, paul2009 said: This is due to a deliberate design choice by Squarespace in mid 2021 and is not a bug. The focal point behaviour was intentionally changed ("to make it easier to centre"!) and this now prevents us moving it just a small distance from the centre. There isn't anything you can do to change this behaviour. The only workaround is to use the image editor to crop part of the image so the focal point is where you need it - which is ironic because the focal point exists to avoid having to do this! 🤯 I encourage you to contact Squarespace Customer Care to request that this feature be reinstated. Nothing will happen quickly (I already voiced my concerns in Sept 2021 and nothing has happened since) but at least it will help the product teams to understand the impact these poor design choices have on user experience. Did this help to explain? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ Thanks, Paul. I appreciate your thoughtful reply, and I will pass along my concern to customer care in hopes of a future toggle switch to enable or disable the snap-to-center focal point feature. Thanks again! paul2009 1 Link to comment
juliaprather Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 11 hours ago, paul2009 said: This is due to a deliberate design choice by Squarespace in mid 2021 and is not a bug. The focal point behaviour was intentionally changed ("to make it easier to centre"!) and this now prevents us moving it just a small distance from the centre. There isn't anything you can do to change this behaviour. The only workaround is to use the image editor to crop part of the image so the focal point is where you need it - which is ironic because the focal point exists to avoid having to do this! 🤯 I encourage you to contact Squarespace Customer Care to request that this feature be reinstated. Nothing will happen quickly (I already voiced my concerns in Sept 2021 and nothing has happened since) but at least it will help the product teams to understand the impact these poor design choices have on user experience. Did this help to explain? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ Just pled my case with customer care. Be gone, snap-to-center! whereisscott and paul2009 2 Link to comment
SunEyes Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) On 12/10/2022 at 7:27 AM, paul2009 said: This is due to a deliberate design choice by Squarespace in mid 2021 and is not a bug. The focal point behaviour was intentionally changed ("to make it easier to centre"!) and this now prevents us moving it just a small distance from the centre. There isn't anything you can do to change this behaviour. The only workaround is to use the image editor to crop part of the image so the focal point is where you need it - which is ironic because the focal point exists to avoid having to do this! 🤯 I encourage you to contact Squarespace Customer Care to request that this feature be reinstated. Nothing will happen quickly (I already voiced my concerns in Sept 2021 and nothing has happened since) but at least it will help the product teams to understand the impact these poor design choices have on user experience. Did this help to explain? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ I just sent in a support query re: new feature for this. I continue to be flabbergasted that there's no update on this, to disable snap focal point on image blocks. Time for SQSPC to get with the times! I am constantly hindered by this annoying feature. 😞 It's such thorn in my design flow, I'm actually building less on SQSPC platform these days because of this annoying problem. Edited February 22 by SunEyes paul2009 1 Link to comment
paul2009 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 15 minutes ago, SunEyes said: I just sent in a support query re: new feature for this. I continue to be flabbergasted that there's no update on this, to disable snap focal point on image blocks. Indeed! As a Circle Member, please vote for this. whereisscott 1 Me: I'm Paul, a SQSP user for >18 yrs & Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF.DIGITAL. We provide high quality original extensions to supercharge your Squarespace website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to my own SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is completely free. You can thank me by selecting a feedback emoji. Buying a coffee is generous but optional. Would you like your customers to be able to mark their favourite products in your Squarespace store? Link to comment
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