Background fill

[Kenny Baierl]

I feel dumb asking, but I am having trouble filling a layer background with the color I select, with the fill tool (coming from PS, I add background and select paint bucket and voila). I realize Affinity Designer is slightly different and any help would be appreciated. 

Thank you.

[walt.farrell]

There are several ways that could work. Here are some that come to mind:

For a vector background layer:

1. Select the Rectangle Tool.
2. Draw a rectangle covering your document.
3. Set it's fill color.

For a pixel background layer:

1. Add a Pixel layer.
2. Switch to the Pixel Persona.
3. Select the Flood Fill Tool (paint bucket).
4. Select a color.
5. Click with the Flood Fill Tool.

Or if you're using Artboards, you can just set the color of the Artboard, and avoid having the background layer at all.