Select Object / Select Same Appearances (Request)

[Bri-Toon]

Howdy!

In a previous beta thread, there was a mention that if anyone has any requests for the "Select Same / Select Object functionality," it would be up for consideration. Well I have an idea I would like to share, and that idea is the ability to select object "appearances." So here is where I'm getting at. You can add multiple strokes to an existing object, but you have to check off "Scale with object" to each individual appearance if you want to resize. In a previous topic, there was discussion about this. Well seeing how there is this new "Select Object / Select Same" feature, maybe Affinity could incorporate a way to select all stroked appearances of a selected object/group. It would save time from having to go through each appearance.

What do you think?

[walt.farrell]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking for. Are you simply wanting a way to select or deselect "scale with object" for each stroke in an object's Appearance panel with a single action?

That seems useful, but as it's all dealing with a single object I don't see it as related to Select Same, whose purpose is to select multiple objects.

 

[Bri-Toon]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking for. Are you simply wanting a way to select or deselect "scale with object" for each stroke in an object's Appearance panel with a single action?

That seems useful, but as it's all dealing with a single object I don't see it as related to Select Same, whose purpose is to select multiple objects.

It sounds like you understand correctly.

So if you are to Cmd/Ctrl click an object in a group, and then select each appearance and check/uncheck "Scale with object," then the "Select Same: feature could select all other appearances of that same style.

The reason for this is because when resizing a grouped object with multiple stokes on each, the stroke size does not reserve unless "Scale with object" is selected for each. So I thought this could be a faster way to do it.