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Could it be that, at least on Mac, this is an OS function? Since I see exactly the same entry (Clear Menu) in multiple different applications (including Apple's own apps, such as Keynote) ...

… or, you can create a shortcut for 'Window > Studio > Show Right (Left) Studio' (on Mac, not sure about Windows) to quickly add room to your workspace.

Works for me on macOS but I'm on Sequoia.

As a workaround, you could create a saved search showing recent affinity documents, which you then put in the Dock. Search criteria: Kind = Other (type: Affinity Document) + Last Opened Date is within last X days

Any shape, that is! As easy as something can be. And Non Destructive too.

There still is this tool: https://www.virtualrig-studio.com/#features

Unless they've hidden it in a very obscure place I don't believe there's such a merge function in Designer. If you also have Photo, you could go to File > Edit in Photo… and do the merge.

Yes, I understand, although you could have an indication for the active tab. On the other hand, Pixelmator, now an Apple product, also has its own way of showing that a document has been edited.

Affinity products have their own method of indicating a file has changed. They're not following the OS (at least not macOS), which is not good, is my opinion. But, there is an indicator (the asterisk on the right hand side).

Hi! In the screenshot below my current situation is shown (I've drawn connecting lines between the related folders): Files @ iPhone: not a bad situation here; all Affinity Folders are shown (once) including one I manually created (Affinity Publisher iCloud to secure synching of the few Publisher files I've created: shown by dotted line). Only problem is that the icons for both Designer and Photo are missing in the folder icons. iCloud.com: Folder icon for Publisher is missing completely. In the Designer folder icon the wrong Affinity icon is used (Photo in stead of Designer) Finder: Folder icon for Publisher is there twice (in another forum entry I read the suggestion that after a while this duplicate folder would disappear automatically but this while has lasted over a month already for me). The icons for both Designer and Photo are missing in the folder icons. I could delete the Duplicate Publisher folder icon of course since I have a backup of the files inside, but the risk is there that deleting one means deleting the other one at the same time. Also you never know if you can get them back since they are (supposed to be) created automatically by the Affinity apps. Who has a suggestion for cleaning up this mess? Most importantly; getting rid of the duplicate Publisher folder in Finder + make the Publisher folder re-appear on iCloud.com. Note that I've had a situation with missing app icons in the folder icons before, (for which I may have created a Forum post), but (don't ask me how) that situation got solved eventually. This one is new (although I've had the situation for a few months now). Help is appreciated!

I seem to have the same/a similar problem. Photo crashes as soon as I click the 'recent' tab in the font selector. Doesn't matter if I've clicked any of the other tabs prior and it happens consistently. I've attached a crash report. Like the prior poster I've at least one variable font installed (although not activated and it doesn't show up in the list), Roboto Flex. APh Crash Report 20241230.rtf

Interesting. I have this problem now as well. When I started searching I had expected a recent entry about this issue (or nothing at all) but this seems to be a thing that has existed for a long time. I now will wait to see what happens when I do nothing. A few days should be enough, reading the above.

I just copied a regular .afdesign file to my templates folder. The file shows up and I can create a document from it. Hence, there apparently is no requirement that the files in the templates folder are of the .aftemplate type. For what it's worth.

Hi Leton, Is it a problem to directly push the 'V' key (to switch to the 'move'tool) after you have drawn the rectangle? For me that works.

If only one could assign a keyboard shortcut to a Macro, this would be easy to solve (I haven't found how to assign keyboard shortcuts to macros).

The drawing makes Option A look very attractive. 😀

On Mac indeed the whole list is shown, unless there's not enough room, then it becomes a shorter list which you need to scroll through. Could it be that all this is determined by the OS?

I totally agree, Walt. I was thinking of what the next request would be after Affinity has decided it makes sense to have Current Layer and Below selected by default. I also use this way of working 99% of the times, so I like the OP's idea.

… and then also automatically create the blank pixel layer when you choose these options and one isn't available?

Maybe the Serif guys decided not to physically move to Australia and remain in the UK, after the acquisition.

Looks like for me it's working beyond the default settings: I've tried multiple others, including Arc with changes to the 25% and I don't see anything not working. And, I'm on 2.5.3, despite what my signature says.

This conversation started with the position that Windows was bleeding users to Linux. I'd be curious to know what source was used. I've checked with Statcounter. Linux on desktop has gone up a little bit, in the past year, but not as much as Windows (which certainly isn't bleeding), according to Statcounter. Even if you assume that what is reported as Unknown in real life is Linux the market share is well below 10% and not really going up.

This is basically what I did. Although I also decided to first rasterize the ellipse, then mask to below. After that, I applied the Gaussian Blur layer effect (to the ellipse).

Same as Pšenda, but now with the Gaussian Blur effect. Is this what the OP is looking for?