Figmatt

Thanks, this multiple gradient fill is just what i was looking for. The interface is very obscure and hidden compared to what I've previously used.

Did I miss something elsewhere or is this still not a thing?

Super duper! Many thanks for the further investigation — top work.

My hunch is that some alignment or rendering is being based on the first display rather than the main display? Can you please confirm for me: What MPB model are you using? MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) M1 Pro 16GB What version of macOS is in use? 12.6.4 (21G526) Monterey Under Affinity Designer 2 > Preferences > Performance, what are your settings please? (a screenshot of this would be best) I'm happy to use whatever settings are recommended. (the issue happens with Software, OpenGL (Basic), OpenGL, Metal) What are your display settings in macOS for each monitor? (again a screenshot of these settings for each screen would be most helpful) Internal 1512x982 (default scaling) LENOVO T24d-10 External 1200x1920 (default scaling) (the issue happens whether this display is rotated or not)

I use a retina MBP with non-retina external display (aside: I work in portrait orientation at 19:10 aspect) Some UI elements are blurred when using a mix of retina and non-retina displays. I guess that some user interface elements are positioned at what amounts to half pixels on non-retina displays? It would be great if all user interface elements could be positioned to look good on both types of displays. Scenario 1 MBP open, as secondary display Affinity on external display, as main display some UI is blurred Scenario 2 MBP closed, no secondary display Affinity on external display, as main display UI is not blurred Screen recording of the difference crop.mov

I'm still wasting valuable seconds every time I open a pixel document and find I need to set View > View Mode > Pixel. ...it seems arbitrary which view settings are saved with the document: some are, some aren't. Original issue from 2021:

Sadly I do not get along with floating panels, I end up forever organising them. I'm on team #docked

That toggles the panel so if I press it when it is visible it hides it, whereas my intention is to focus it. Hmm, maybe I switched this off. I have a Mighty Mouse so it's rather touch sensitive, I definitely had to switch off Rotate Canvas. Anyway, task done! Much quicker thanks to this thread.

I've also set up a Keyboard Maestro shortcut on the = key to click Stroke panel then the Width text field ...for when i want to enter the value manually. I don't think that's doable within the app itself?

Amazing, thanks both. I had looked at the help file but obviously not close enough! #ADHD

Is there a keyboard shortcut to change stroke width (or object width)? Or a way to bind my own key to this action? Or a way to automate it? This would be a huge time saver for me.

That'll do! Thanks. Less than ideal, but it'll do.

I have lines of varying thickness I'd like to space them horizontally (easy with Space Horizontally command) But I'd like to take into account line width so the visual gap between each is equal Is this possible? Is there a trick or workaround? Here's an exaggerated example:

Thanks walt! I really was sleeping on those release notes.

Amazing that every time I choose this option I get stopped in my tracks, paralysed by the choice of "separable" or "non-separable" 🤪

I consider this a bug because it is such non-standard, user-hostile behaviour. Original report from 2014:

Over 8 years later and I still keep closing documents with Cmd+W when I mean to close Preferences!

I see it's now possible! The question is: since when? LOL

I can understand the pros and cons of duplicating the app, and changing the user interface. It makes it easier for the developers and users. But you can open a Publisher or Photo document in Designer. It could be one app. But I'd settle for each app being structured in a way to remove duplication, making them take up less space, load faster and provide a better experience.

Thanks, but that's unrelated to the issue this thread is about. I'm talking about the shared libraries. Each app in the suite has their own copy of them. You can see in my screenshot of the app contents, libpersona is 1GB of each app.

I do love the Affinity suite of apps, but it seems like a real waste of bandwidth, disk space, electricity to have what is effectively the same app installed multiple times with a different UI activated? Almost 3GB per app! This also applied to V1, of course, but as app sizes continue to grow (almost doubling when it became Universal x86/ARM) I thought it worth mentioning. Wondering if there's a better way to do this? As Steve Jobs once said think of how many lives can be saved with such an optimisation.

Another request for this. rnd() is glaring in its omission from the function list at Expressions for field input > Advanced mathematical expressions. it says there that they should all be "For general use throughout the user interface." I also tried noise in the transform > rotate field but it, as well as many other functions, does not work in at least the rotate field. Or am I missing something?

No worries. If it makes your developers feel any better, I just noticed Preview also has difficulty displaying the stroke (though exhibits a completely different display quirk)

By "causing the renderer difficulty" do you mean that it has a bug in its display logic? I think so.

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