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I posted this question in the more general group but someone pointed out this tread, so I put it here also, as it seems to go in the same direction. For me it is about Affinity Designer 2 but I it should work the same way in all apps. I work a lot with nested groups (or groups in groups) where the subgroups are mostly 'fixed' designs that needs no further modifications. When you click on an object in a group normaly he whole group is selected. When you click holding the ctrl-key(Win) the object itself is selected wich is great to work on that object. But if the object is part of a sub-group, it would be great if there is a way to preserve (fix) those groups so here the (sub-)group is selected in stead of the nested object. When you lock a layer or group with the key-symbol you can't select it with the mouse, so you can't move or change it accidently. I just want to be able to easily select a sub-group (on the canvas) for easy changing the position or scaling or so, without to worry about changeing the contenu of that group. In other words: I create a logo with some objects and/or text and group it. From now on, if I click on a part of that logo, the group is selected and I can move or scale the group. Great! If I need to change something in that group I hold the ctrl-key to select the object and change that. Fine also. The moment I put this group in another group there is, as far as I know, no way to select the group of the logo. If I click the whole (parent-)group is selected, when I hold the ctrl-key the lowest level object is selected. I would like a way to protect a (sub-)group to select the inner objects so that you only can select the group itself. I hope it is somewhat clear as english is not my native language. Many thanks in advance,

Is there a way to 'lock' or 'fix' a group in Affinity Designer? I work a lot with nested groups (or groups in groups) where the subgroups are mostly 'fixed' designs that needs no further modifications. When you click on an object in a group normaly he whole group is selected. When you click holding the ctrl-key the object itself is selected wich is great to work on that object. But if the object is part of a sub-group, it would be great if there is a way to preserve (fix) those groups so here the (sub-)group is selected in stead of the nested object. When you lock a layer or group with the key-symbol it is realy fixed and you can't do anything with it, I just want to be able to easily select a sub-group for easy changing the position or scaling or so, without to worry about changeing the contenu of that group. I hope there is a way to do just that? Many thanks in advance,