affinity designer Hide an instance of a symbol causes all instances to get hidden

[ChrisSmere 330]

Hey!

I am not sure this is a bug or this is by design but for me it seems to be an inconsistency. See the animation.

If you hide an instance of a symbol all others get hidden too. I don't expect this to happen because if you delete an instance of a symbol all the others don't get deleted. Should be the same with hiding in my opinion. Sometimes I have to hide only a single or several instances of a symbol but I can't do it and have to delete it instead... 

Maybe this could be changed in future?

All the best,
Chris

 

[Sean P 1,461]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for letting us know - this is something that we're aware of and is logged with development. I will get your comments passed on. 

Thanks!

[haakoo 528]

@ChrisSmere group the symbol with itself before duplicating and you can hide a group but still can manipulate the symbols inside the group.

[ChrisSmere 330]

22 hours ago, haakoo said:

@ChrisSmere group the symbol with itself before duplicating and you can hide a group but still can manipulate the symbols inside the group.

Thanks - works fine but still it's a work around which should not be necessary.

Chris