Travis Johnson

Ok figured it out...driving me crazy. When you are on the "zoom" tool, layers and artboards cannot be deleted. All other tools allow you to delete while on their tool, but not the zoom tool (for some odd reason). So my workflow was to zoom in close on something, go to the layer’s palette and right click to delete the layer which I was locked out of. I would then reopen the file and I would switch tools and low and behold it worked! Just super happy to figure out what was going on.

I have had the issue with multiple files. The problem is that it is usually 15-20 minutes of editing a file. So I can't pin point the root cause. The last time it happened was when I "alt-dragged" a file to duplicate it to another artboard. As soon as I did that, I was locked from deleting anything. I couldn't replicate it though - even in the same file. I will be working on comps all day today, so I will see if there is something that causes the issue and report it. Mostly checking if others have seen the issue or if it something tied to my system. Thanks!

Affinity Designer Windows I would like to have the ability to go to "File > Revert" to quickly revert back to the original saved Affinity Designer file.

Is anyone else having issues with deleting an artboard or layer? I am having an issue (consistently), that after I have been working on a file the "Delete" button in the right click menu is grayed out for all artboards and layers. Also hitting the "delete" key does nothing. As soon as I close and reopen the same file the "delete" button is no longer grayed out and the layer can then be deleted.

Thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for! --T

Affinity Designer - Windows Beta 1.5.0.7 Feature: Solo a Layer Generally, when working I have a ton of layers. It would be helpful to have a way too "solo" a single layer or folder. E.g. right clicking (or option clicking) on the visibility check box or something at the top of the layer panel. With this feature, I could quickly edit the points or elements on something without seeing all the other layers. A lot of times I'm just trying to find the layer that I need to edit. And right now, I go one by one turning on/off layers and searching the screen to see what changed.

Affinity Designer - Windows Beta 1.5.0.7 Copy pasting images with alpha from other programs (e.g photoshop) do not paste into Affinity designer with alpha. Instead Affinity Designer pastes the graphic with a white solid background. Specifically: If you are in photoshop and have a rater image with alpha. If you "select all > copy". Then go into Affinity Designer and Paste (nothing happens). You have to go to "Edit > Paste Special > Device Independent Bitmap". Which is a real pain. In illustrator if you copy / paste into Affinity Designer the vector artwork pastes as it should. I would expect the same behavior with raster images.

Affinity Designer I would like to have more options in the right click menu when over a layer in the layers panel. When right clicking on a layer or group, quickly being able to clear the effect, export, merge contents, create artboard, or create a symbol. Also being able to select multiple layers and right click to merge the contents into a single layer would be super helpful. Right Click > Clear Effects Right Click > Export Right Click > Create Artboard Right Click > Create Symbol Right Click > Merge Contents

Thanks. It works. I just had to rebuild / clear my icon cache in Windows 10. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/rebuild-icon-clear-thumbnail-cache-windows-10

Is there a way to preview ".afdesign" files in Windows explorer? At the moment, if I have several .afdesign files I don't know which one is the one I need. For .psd files I use Adobe Bridge and use a program called "MysticThumbs" for windows preview of .psd and .ai files. Just hoping that you can add preview support.