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True, but still requires quite a bit of layer-pane clicking, which I try to avoid like the plague. And I feel the workflow: group -> promote group to layer -> group again -> edit all layers off -> finally select, is not the best workflow for something I use a lot. I proposed a solution, if anyone's interested.
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I would really like some sort of "isolation" mode for groups, similar to other 2D, 3D & video apps. Basically when I double click to enter a group, if I want to box-select a number of items from that group, there's no way to do it. For example: I do a lot of UI work, and keep things in groups for organization and to easily move things around. But if I want to rearrange the contents of a group, I have to do a lot of work: - either dbl-click and shift-select A LOT, but it requires 10+ clicks for a single selection, which is really not ideal. - or lock everything else, but that requires a lot of hunting inside the layers pane, especially since we can't directly select a locked object on the canvas. - use layers instead of groups, in conjunction with the Edit All Layers button (thx Meb!), but again that involves a lot of layer-pane clicking on various layers. Plus I loose the grouping functionality, or keep a group in a layer then it gets a bit too much. So yeah, the problem is that at the moment, in complex layouts, there's a lot of layer hunting in the palette no matter what I do. To solve all this, the best solution (in my view) is similar to how other apps work: when inside a group, a box-select only selects objects from that group. When you want to "exit" a group, just click once outside (which is the current behaviour too). I feel this fits perfectly with the existing workflow for object selection inside groups: dbl-click to enter a group, then select object from that group freely. The only addition is to have the box-selection constrained to the current group, until I click outside. I guess other methods could work too, like holding down a modifier key to constrain the selection to the current group, but it feels like more work when a dbl-click is enough. thx!
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Oh I see, thx for the clarification. Don;t know about how others work, but to me, an isolation mode would be so handy. For all UI layouts that I'm working on I keep things grouped. But when I try to change the layout inside a group, it's super awkward: I have to use either the layer palette which is not visual so I don;t know what I'm selecting, or locking things which again is a lot of work on the layers pane, and shift clicking is a most of the times out of the question for the sheer number of objects. I think the layer trick might work, I'll have to try it some more, but seems odd to be honest. Because if I promote a group to layer, then I loose the group functionality, objects are just free as a bird. I'll post a feature request, maybe others have this problem too. (later edit: didn't know the ALT-drag to avoid dragging, it's so useful! It saved me a lot of layer locking. thx!)
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sldx reacted to a post in a topic: Selecting multiple objects in group (in Designer)
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sldx reacted to a post in a topic: Selecting multiple objects in group (in Designer)
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Thank you both for your help! So the good newsis that there's a way it should work: the ALT+click+drag. The bad news is that it doesn't work for me. It behaves just like a normal selection, basically selecting the whole group. (btw I'm on mac ) I attached a short video, and in it, after entering the group, I first do ALT + drag-select (which doesn't work) and then I try the CMD + drag-select which works as intended, but has the downside of selecting objects from all groups. AD selection.mov Is there a setting somewhere or maybe a custom key binding that could affect the ALT method? Should I report a bug somewhere? AD version 1.5.5 and a couple of betas including latest. OSX 10.11.6, I'll try on a newer OS tmrrw Cheers!
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When double clicking a group with multiple objects, how can I drag-select without "exiting" the group? Right now when I drag-select after entering a group, the context switches to the parent, and I select the whole group. Is this not possible in AD? Is the only option shift-selecting all the items individually? The problem is worse if all this is on top of another shape. Then, the background shape is moved instead of selecting object.
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sldx replied to MattP's topic in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on macOS threads
Oh, sorry about that, I think it now keeps settings between versions! nice! -
Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.6 - Beta 12)
sldx replied to MattP's topic in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on macOS threads
I think I asked this before but it was missed. How can we migrate settings/preferences from one version to another (OSX)? I'm fine with editing package contents, hunting down files, whatever it takes Thx! -
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sldx replied to MattP's topic in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on macOS threads
Does anybody know where are the configuration files located so I can port them to beta? (tried searching forum but nothing came up) -
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sldx replied to MattP's topic in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on macOS threads
Where are the configuration files located, so I can port them to beta? I installed this version and it has all the default settings. thx! (tried searching forum for configuration file, settings file, etc, but couldn't find anything) -
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Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.6 - Beta 5)
sldx replied to MattP's topic in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on macOS threads
Retail version required? I bought the official version, but somehow it doesn't recognise it. Any idea how to fix? Thx! -
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When I group a few objects in AD, the resulting group is somehow cropped in a strange way, like there's n invisible mask somewhere. I was suspecting that the problem was from the constraints, tried to remove constraints from various objects, but failed because when I add the scale constraints (to make the object as a default/new object), other objects on the canvas move or disappear (those objects that have nothing to do with those edited ones). Any idea how to fix? Thx AD version 1.5.5