James Galpin
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Thank you so much. Tested and working. That is fantastic. A software company that listens to its users. How refreshing.
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3 minutes ago, Serif Info Bot said:
The issue "[iOS] iPad cmd-D shortcut doesn't work to deselect objects" (REF: AF-1091) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.3.0.2139".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.Fantastic news. Thank you.
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On 11/7/2023 at 2:14 PM, Dan C said:
Hi @James Galpin,
Thanks for your report!
I can confirm I've been able to replicate this behaviour here and I'm getting it logged with our development team now - I was not aware that this key could be mapped to ESC, therefore I suspect it's usage has been overlooked in Affinity for iPad.
My understanding of the expected behaviour would be for this key to act as it does on Desktop and deselect the active object/layer, and I therefore don't believe it should be assignable to a custom shortcut for a different action, so I'll be sure to include this within the development log also.
I hope this helps
Thank you so much. Really hoping this makes it into the next update as it stops me drawing on the ipad. Thanks for listening...
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6 hours ago, Sean P said:
Hi James,
Thanks for letting us know. I've bumped this issue with development again and passed on your comments!Many thanks. Fingers crossed.
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3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
You can change the shortcut for Deselect. Have you tried configuring the Globe key to generate Esc, and then changing the application Shortcut for Deselect to Esc?
(It still probably won't work until the bug is fixed, but it ought to be possible to set it.)
Yes, I have tried several key combos on the ipad keyboard (smart folio type) and none work.
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iOS Designer 2.3
Ipad 11" Pro
Deselect button on the screen works, but the deslect key command shortcut doesn't. This was a problem in 2.2 as well. Please sort this. It stops me vector drawing on the iPad. Which is a shame as that's why I bought it.
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I am a Designer user for Mac, PC and more recently iPad. I also use AutoCAD, which has trained me in the use of the escape key while drawing.
Essentially, escape to deslect is a fundamental part of my workflow, as I am sure is the case for many.
The iPad keyboard has a globe key that can be programmed to enter the escape command. It works, as the shortcut page allows the globe key to enter the UIKeyInputEscape, but in the vector environment the key has no effect on a selected vector.
Is this a bug, or a feature that hasn't been activatred yet? It's driving me crazy.
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Walt,
I don't find that is the case. Nothing happens when I double click a placed jpeg in publisher. If I move into the pixel persona I can edit the jpeg, but it doesn't affect the original file or the sister placements of the same jpeg.
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Change the designer file and update the publisher file and you will see the problem! :-)
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Thanks for this. I have uploaded the files. All images within the publisher report come from the same designer graphic.
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Thanks for raising this. I was also perplexed.
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Dimitarsp
I have found that if I copy an placed asset and double click to edit the layers, the layer changes will affect the copy and the original. So to avoid this, I place a fresh instance of the graphic for each view. This works fine. Each 'place' can be edited differently in terms of layer view.
But, if you make a change to the original designer file all the placed graphics will reset back to the saved state of the layers in the designer file, which is a question I have opened on the forum.
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I am an architect and use Designer for site analysis graphics, amongst many other uses. The graphics tend to be built up using many layers, each of which has a unique bit of data. I then bring the graphic into publisher and select which layers I want to show.
Two things:
I have found that if I copy an placed asset and double click to edit the layers, the layer changes will affect the copy and the original. So to avoid this, I place a fresh instance of the graphic for each view. This works fine.
Until...
If I make a change to the original designer file, the resource manager quite helpfully tells me to update the content in the publisher file. But... every instance of the placed graphic then gets reset to the same layer settings, so I have to go through the whole report, resetting all the layer structures.
Is there a way of the placed asset remembering the layer settings?
If not, can I please request this as a tweak to the next iteration of Publisher?
Many thanks.
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This may not be a bug, but a limitation of the software.
I am an architect and use Designer for site analysis graphics, amongst many other uses. The graphics tend to be built up using many layers, each of which has a unique bit of data. I then bring the graphic into publisher and select which layers I want to show.
Two things:
I have found that if I copy an placed asset and double click to edit the layers, the layer changes will affect the copy and the original. So to avoid this, I place a fresh instance of the graphic for each view. This works fine.
Until...
If I make a change to the original designer file, the resource manager quite helpfully tells me to update the content in the publisher file. But... every instance of the placed graphic then gets reset to the same layer settings, so I have to go through the whole report, resetting all the layer structures.
Is there a way of the placed asset remembering the layer settings?
If not, can I please request this as a tweak to the next iteration of Publisher?
Many thanks. Loving the software.
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No symbol palette option for me either. Windows and Mac English.
I used this quite a lot previously, but it was a risky feature, particularly in conjunction with populated master pages.
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I'm not sure if this is a bug, but when I select a line type or a brush in Designer and click pressure, then 'pressure' the line weight does not vary when applying different pressure levels on my surface book 2 screen. Batteries are charged for the stylus.
Any ideas?
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Accept that, but I also find it when I copy a page by duplicating.
Why would you have a master page that contains no assets? Or is that simply something that's not ready to use yet in the software?
Forgive my impatience. :-)
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I find that every time I close Publisher and reopen the Symbol Sync becomes activated again. I tend to work on documents with master pages and duplicated pages and I get caught out when the symbol sync is on as edits to one page are duplicated. A powerful feature, but I feel this should be OFF by default, rather than ON.
Is there a way of switching it off 'application-wide' rather than for each session?
Fabulous app, by the way. I'm loving using it.
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On InDesign I have done this with a master and sub-master arrangement, where the master is based upon a sub-master that contained only the page number. I don't think you can do that on Publisher?
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Anyone else experienced this?
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I have found when I add a new page from a master the TOC menu is greyed out so I can't choose a text style to activate the TOC population.
If I add a fresh page (not based on a master) the TOC attributes are fully visible and selectable.
Is this a bug or is there a tick box or variable that I haven't noticed?
Scaling of objects between drawings
in V2 Bugs found on Windows
Posted
This feels a little like looking a gift horse in the mouth. The ability to scale between CAD and Affinity is enormously helpful for me.
I have noticed that copying and pasting elements from one drawing to another doesn't always retain scale. I have a theory that a drawing of a 100m object might paste from an A1 drawing to 50% scale onto an A3 document, suggeting the scale feature is relative to page size.
Highlighting this in case it's a bug. In realtity the work round is easy enough, just linking the x and y ratio in the transform tool and editing the width of the object to a known length after pasting it in, but getting rid of the bug (if it is one) would be amazing.