AndyMac

I'm not sure what you mean by “modified Windows install” unless you are talking about IE Mode being disabled. As this is an option that is easily available to any user through Optional Features in Settings and something that can be controlled through Group Policy as well (Disable IE mode on edge - Microsoft Q&A) I don't think it is unreasonable to expect that new applications work in Windows 11 with IE Mode disabled in the settings. And anyway, I've just tested this on a standard Windows 11 VM where IE Mode was ENABLED and have exactly the same issue! I've just grabbed the URL from the error box and it is specifically for the file C:/Program Files/WindowsApps/SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityDesigner2_2.0.0.1640_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt/App/DesignerHelp/Contents/Resources/resources/js/comparisonTable.js The error (as before) is Line 106, character 19 - unable to get property length of undefined or null reference - which seems to refer to the variable "nonpriorityColumns" The address not being found is: C:/Program Files/WindowsApps/SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityDesigner2_2.0.0.1640_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt/App/DesignerHelp/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/pages/ShareSavePrint/save.html and looking for this file, it is NOT physically there - as can be seen from this directory listing Directory of C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityDesigner2_2.0.0.1640_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt\App\DesignerHelp\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\pages\ShareSavePrint 16/11/2022 08:05 <DIR> . 16/11/2022 08:05 <DIR> .. 16/11/2022 08:05 2,622 aboutPackaging.html 16/11/2022 08:05 5,773 bleed.html 16/11/2022 08:05 4,589 createSVG.html 16/11/2022 08:05 4,931 creatingPackages.html 16/11/2022 08:05 6,737 export.html 16/11/2022 08:05 4,607 openingPackages.html 16/11/2022 08:05 4,119 print.html 16/11/2022 08:05 3,106 resavingPackages.html 16/11/2022 08:05 2,355 share.html 9 File(s) 38,839 bytes 2 Dir(s) 1,566,268,973,056 bytes free Maybe you could pass this information onto your developers to see if they can fix the issue.

No this is in the Designer Help program and not the browser!!!! and the browser is standard Chromium Edge, so I'm not sure why you're saying support can't help with this. Given it is just two pages, then there is something in the help file that must be incorrect.

Seems to be the same... most (if not all except the following - not tested 100% of pages) working, but the "Saving and Exporting --> Save" page comes up with "Cannot reach this page" (see 2nd screenshot) and "Saving and Exporting --> Export Settings" page comes up with script error (attached, 1st screenshot) - not tested end to end but these are some examples. It may just be these two pages that are problematic.

@tudor I can't see how this is working (at least in the way I need it to) I tried what I thought would work and it changed all the elements to a single colour when I changed the Hue slider in the Layers palette, and even just working on a single element in a single layer, it changed a graduated fill to a uniform fill when I changed this - unless I'm missing something in the way this works.

I suggested this when I looked at v1 and have now looked at v2, and can't find anything... One of the things that I use quite a lot for creating controls for music software is the ability to easily recolour the whole control - Adobe Illustrator offers this capability in a really useful form in its Edit Colour/Recolour option where you can select multiple objects and recolour them all in one go in a very controlled and obvious way. Specifically, Adobe Illustrator's recolour picks up the set of colours in the selection and allows you to either change them all together keeping their relationships intact or change individual ones (in the way you can in Affinity Designer). The option to change them all together keeping their relationships intact is the capability I was specifically talking about. This means that you can have a complex image with multiple shades of colours to e.g. to simulate metal with reflections/shadows, and change the underlying colour for them all to e.g. a red metallic finish retaining all the detail of the reflections/shadows. You would have to do this individually in Designer and would have to also work out the relationships between them manually, which is challenging. In the screenshot you can see AI's tool picking up all the selected red items and the graduations inside some of them, and this allows me to change the whole image to e.g. blue or green variants simply using the AI recolour tool and selecting the primary colour in the wheel and changing its colour. Unless I am missing something, I can't find this sort of capability anywhere in Designer v2, which is a real missed opportunity. I would ask again that it be considered for inclusion in a future update, as this sort of capability would enhance the product significantly.

Is there any new feature in Designer v2 that provides this sort of intelligent recolouring option? If not, then the upgrade, however nice for others, does not offer me anything to make me purchase it 😞

Just started trial of Designer v2 and found two issues when running on Windows 11 22H2, noting that I have explicitly removed Internet Explorer Mode on my installation: Help comes up with a script error (attached screenshot) when going to any page

I am currently using Inkspace to make small SVG artefacts for software development (in a third party ecosystem) and the tools expect some metadata (at minimum the title) to be preset to accept the SVG files. I am finding Designer v2 to be easier to use and to produce as nice SVG exports (in some ways nicer as it deals with bounding box transforms better) BUT it does not seem to offer ANY way to add the required metadata. Am I simply not finding this, or is there no way to add metadata to Designer files (and for it to be exported), which seems an extraordinary omission if it is not there.

I understand this approach, but it does not do what Adobe Illustrator's recolour can do, which picks up the set of colours in the selection and allows you to either change them all together keeping their relationships intact or change individual ones (in the way you can in Affinity Designer). The option to change them all together keeping their relationships intact is the capability I was specifically talking about. This means that you can have a complex image with multiple shades of colours to e.g. to simulate metal with reflections/shadows, and change the underlying colour for them all to e.g. a red metallic finish retaining all the detail of the reflections/shadows. You would have to do this individually in Designer and would have to also work out the relationships between them manually, which is challenging. In the screenshot you can see AI's tool picking up all the selected red items and the graduations inside some of them, and this allows me to change the whole image to e.g. blue or green variants simply using the AI recolour tool and selecting the primary colour in the wheel and changing its colour.

One of the things that I use quite a lot for creating controls for music software is the ability to easily recolour the whole control - Adobe Illustrator offers this capability in a really useful form in its Edit Colour/Recolour option where you can select multiple objects and recolour them all in one go in a very controlled and obvious way. With the trial of Affinity Designer, I could not find anything that can do this sort of recolouring - as a result, it does not do what I want for my use of it. This would be a great addition to Affinity Designer and could mean that I would actively consider using this as a cost effective option rather than the expensive AI subscription for the occasional use I need it for.

Menus on Affinity Photo (and on a trial of Affinity Designer) are shown left justified, as if it was being used for touch input (on a non-touch screen). All other applications on the same PC have menus showing correctly, right justified. See screen shots (using MP3tag as an example of standard app showing menus correctly).

It would be great if you were able to provide a one-time code, even for a small "admin" fee (or just a reasonable discount), to allow moving to the Windows 10 Store version of an app purchased before this option was available. I would like to have the advantage of the streamlined install and auto-updates happening in the background but would not pay for the product again, even at its low cost.