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  1. 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.
  2. 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!
  3. 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!)
  4. Tried on a different machine with macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and same behaviour. Halp?
  5. 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!
  6. 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.
  7. Oh, sorry about that, I think it now keeps settings between versions! nice!
  8. 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!
  9. Does anybody know where are the configuration files located so I can port them to beta? (tried searching forum but nothing came up)
  10. 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)
  11. Retail version required? I bought the official version, but somehow it doesn't recognise it. Any idea how to fix? Thx!
  12. Hey Matt, that's great to hear! There are a few successful approaches out there (sketch, balsamiq, AI) and I'd love to hear more about how you guys see this feature implemented.
  13. Yes they are. The 4 objects are part of a "parent" rectangle (the big white background). Does that mean that nested objects cannot be grouped because they get confused by the constraints? And why the weird cropping?
  14. 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
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