donovanh

This was one of the same issues I was having when Windows was set to hide file extensions. While I think it's still worthy of developer attention if it does screwy things to users with that setting (that I'll bet a lot of people have never even heard of), it does appear that you can fix it by unchecking the "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" setting. (Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> File Explorer Options -> View tab -> Hide...)

Good catch. I changed that setting, and I now see what you see. Even more helpfully, with the setting change AD now realizes that Capture.JPG and Capture.PNG are not the same file, so there are no more illogical file replacements.

Thanks for the quick replies. But I'm afraid that there may be more to this than the screenshot from Bhikkhu Pesala shows. Perhaps it's operating system dependent? (I'm using Windows 10, including the big update they pushed me a few days ago, so build 10586.) The screenshot below shows what I see when I click File -> Export, then select PNG from the row of icons and hit the Export button. I don't see the PNG file indication at all, just the Affinity Files. And in the process of making you this screenshot, I discovered another issue that is a bit more than cosmetic. I saved the screenshot with the Windows snipping tool as a JPG, then opened it in Designer to experiment a little more. I then exported it as a PNG. When I did, AD said the file already existed, even though what actually existed was Capture.JPG, not Capture.PNG. I let it replace the file to see if it actually would, and it did. When I opened the file in InfanView to look at it, InfanView identified it as a PNG file with a JPG extension and offered to rename it. This could be problematic if I wanted to save multiple formats of a file in the same folder.

When I export a file as PNG, the filename selection dialog shows the type of file I am saving as "Affinity Files." It turns out that the file really was exported as a PNG after all, but it was a bit disconcerting to think Designer was malfunctioning since it displayed an unexpected file type. (I'm sure I really was in the export dialog and not the ordinary save dialog, and I'm using 1.5.0.4.) In general, though, great work. I look forward to the release candidate. Even with a few beta bugs to squash, it's a pretty impressive program.

I've fiddled with it some. Since you figured out symbols, I'm assuming you've already found the constraints tab in the same spot. I'd drag it somewhere other than the same group that has the layers tab so you can work with both easily as you experiment. Now create a new layer, and put a shape inside of that layer. Select the shape and click on the dotted line connecting the bottom edge of inner square to the bottom edge of the outer square in the constraints tab. Now if you select the bottom edge of the layer and change its size, you should see that the inner shape stays the same distance from the bottom of the layer. You will also note that its height does not change, at least as long as there is room for it in the layer. If, however, you change the left or right edge, the inner shape will move proportionally with the layer since you didn't select those edges. Now select the rectangle again and select the dotted line running from top to bottom of the inner square. (Leave the bottom anchor selected too.) Now if you move the bottom or the top edge of the layer, you will notice that not only does the shape stay a constant distance from the bottom edge, but the shape also grows proportionally with the remainder of the space. What I haven't yet figured out is what those two little icons in the lower right corner with the inward and outward facing arrows in the circles do. If someone else has figured that part out, I'd be grateful.