Rotating view question

[Paul Mc]

Hi everyone (is there a collective noun for Affinity users?  )

I'm working on some packaging where text appear in different places with different rotations. I have several to do with reference information coming from a text document from which I copy and paste segments. I'm able to rotate the view to work with upright text for any location on the package no problem. However, when I flip to another tab and then back again I find that the rotation has been reset. Is this to be expected? Is there a way to lock it so it doesn't do this?

Also saving rotated views in the Navigator advanced section appears not to work.

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6 minutes ago, Paul Mc said:

Hi everyone (is there a collective noun for Affinity users?  )

desperados

[Old Bruce]

I am using Designer, you don't say which application you are using so I am going with Designer as that is what I would use for packaging designs.

9 minutes ago, Paul Mc said:

I'm able to rotate the view to work with upright text for any location on the package no problem. However, when I flip to another tab and then back again I find that the rotation has been reset. Is this to be expected?

I don't see that here on Mac OS 10.14.6

10 minutes ago, Paul Mc said:

Also saving rotated views in the Navigator advanced section appears not to work.

The saved view is saving the location and magnification not the rotation.

[Paul Mc]

Hi @Old Bruce

Apologies, yes it is in Designer that I'm observing this effect.

Maybe this is a Windows only issue as that is what I'm using (Windows 10 Pro). It looks like the saved views are behaving consistently as I too see the position and scale saved but not the rotation.

[Paul Mc]

Just to add to this: the scroll bars are also inverted after a rotation. This morning's session has revealed that depending on the last operation before a tab switch the rotation of the view may or may not reset however on touching the scrollbars when it appears to be OK suddenly causes the view to reset. This is consistently happening with a view that is rotated by 180 degrees. After the initial rotation of the view the scroll bars appear to operate in reverse, what I think is happening is that the scroll bars are changing the view position of the original orientation and then applying the rotation which for a 180 degree rotated view is completely the reverse of what you'd expect.

[lacerto]

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[Paul Mc]

Thanks @Lagarto, thanks for confirming. I hadn't noticed that the rotation reset might be related to the previous tab's view orientation. This is definitely something that could be improved. i.e. Rotation really needs to be saved with the file (like position and scale are) and also added to the saved views in Navigation. The scrollbars are a little more difficult in that what's right might vary between different use cases. Maybe a modifier key (Alt?) could change the function so scrolling to the top without it scrolls to the top of the window and with it scrolls to the top of the canvas taking into account the rotation?