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Would be good to have an update on the status of this feature, if nothing else. Guys??

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@garish I want this feature too but you're making a whole heap of assumptions. With respect, I'm not sure how much the conspiratorial tone helps the cause...

[Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.5 - Beta 2)]

Super happy to see Symbols taking shape :)

 

I've had a quick play, and found some of the behaviour a little unintuitive (maybe because so used to Illustrator). Main things which were unexpected are...

 

1. Creating a symbol doesn't convert the select object itself into a symbol

 

2. Selecting multiple objects > Create Symbol doesn't create one combined symbol from them, instead it creates a symbol for each object. In order to create a symbol from multiple objects, they have to be grouped first.

See here: http://recordit.co/CUqRsFBG9t

 

3. When nesting symbols, creating an instance of a symbol, which exists as a child symbol of a parent symbol, causes the any nested occurrences to disappear

See here:http://recordit.co/bIKBn0Yp3f

 

Hope this is helpful. Keep up the good work!

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+1 for linking external files. In my experience, this is pretty important for professional workflow. Links and symbols are the only two things stopping me from dropping Illustrator.

 

Keep up the great work!

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Hi, I'd like to customise the shortcuts for switching between open documents. Currently in AF and AD, [ctrl+tab] moves to the next open document and [ctrl+tab+shift] goes to the previous, however, I can't find these shortcuts listed in the preferences to change them. There is a shortcut listed for 'Switch to Next View' but this only goes in one direction. Please can you advise?

 

Thanks :)

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This would be awesome. Having recently started using Affinity Designer, I think it's got amazing potential to as a competitor to Illustrator and Sketch for UI design. Mobile/tablet live view and dynamic symbols (editable text and styles) and I'm pretty sure I'd switch without much hesitation.