kanihoncho Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I have eight "slats" that I want to distribute vertically. No matter whether I use the Layer > Alignment > Distribute Vertically or the symbol in the menu (auto distribute checked) I get this huge gap in the middle. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanihoncho Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 and as soon as i post this it works perfectly, go figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 You have nine rectangle layers in your Layers panel but only eight of them have an outline and can be seen. I suspect that the ‘gap’ in the middle of the layout is where the ‘invisible’ layer (named “36”) is. However, that layer is locked and I don’t know the circumstances as to how a locked layer could have been included in the set for distribution. I was able to reproduce this a couple of times but, frustratingly, I can’t get it to happen when I’m recording it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanihoncho Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 What I did to get it to work was to hide the locked layer . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Glad you’ve found a workaround but it’s not an ideal situation. Someone else in the forum has also found that it’s possible to select locked layers, and reported it, so hopefully that will get fixed soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, GarryP said: Someone else in the forum has also found that it’s possible to select locked layers, and reported it, so hopefully that will get fixed soon. I posted this topic in the Mac Publisher beta forum last week but it is probably not what you are thinking about.... Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 The problem that you reported seems to be similar to this one. Your report wasn’t the one I was thinking of but that now makes three that I know of. I’ve just managed to catch it on video, attached (with file) – hooray. The first couple of tries doesn’t select the locked layer (the black rectangle) but one try does, and then I can’t select it again. I can’t figure out the exact scenario that allows me to select it sometimes but I don’t think this is what I would call expected behaviour. 2020-03-04 08-36-53.mp4 locked-layer-can-be-selected-sometimes.afdesign R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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