Pigs_On_The_Wing

I agree with rjvela82's request. The Symbols panel and its tools lack functionality compared to Designer's counterparts like Sketch which has the best symbol management system I've seen yet. In Sketch, you're not only able to replace symbols with one another but if there are nested symbols within a parent symbol you're then able to toggle them on/off or with other symbols which is super efficient for UI design. Even having tools like reorganizing and layout options for the Symbols panel itself would be nice to have as where it stands with version 1.8.3 once you create a symbol it's stuck in order of what symbols you've made in your project - there's no rearranging, just renaming, deleting, and syncing. Still a great app however! 😁

Hello everyone, Thanks for your feedback on my suggestion. I know it reflects my workflow and some others' and that it does not suit everyone's needs. I'm a big believer of having customizable options so perhaps opting in preferences to have both panels combine or separated was something I thought of additionally. Twas only a snippet of thought but am glad to see, because I am so fresh to Affinity and these forums, that it's thriving with active members and conversation.

While working on a file, having both the "Colour" and "Swatches" panels open, I thought both offer a fair amount of wasted white space. Secondly I thought "why are these two panels separate anyways?". Both utilities compliment each other, complimentary colour pun intended, and it would clear up the UI a bit more for users with preference for minimal opened panels and/or smaller screens. Why not split the revised Colour panel into two columns: colour wheel/meters/editing components on the left-hand side, and the swatches on the right. I've made a quick, rough mockup of this as attached.