Corner Tool breaks links between layers

[Frozen Death Knight]

While I was jumping between tools in the different Personas in Publisher, I noticed that the new Linked Layers system implemented in Photo does not play well with the Corner Tool in Designer. The tool in fact breaks the link between shape layers. It is possible to link them back together with the changed corners intact, but using the Corner Tool afterwards to make adjustments will break them again.

[Sean P]

Hi Frozen Death Knight - I don't believe this is actually a bug. The object began as a 'Triangle' and the Corner Tool needs to operate on a 'Curve' object, so it has to be first converted to a curvewhich will break the link.

If you convert the triangle to a 'Curve' object first and then Duplicate Linked you will be able to apply the corner tool as you want to.

[Frozen Death Knight]

2 hours ago, Sean P said:

Hi Frozen Death Knight - I don't believe this is actually a bug. The object began as a 'Triangle' and the Corner Tool needs to operate on a 'Curve' object, so it has to be first converted to a curvewhich will break the link.

If you convert the triangle to a 'Curve' object first and then Duplicate Linked you will be able to apply the corner tool as you want to.

Ah, okay! I just tried it myself and and you are right. In that case I would like to ask if it would be possible to create an option to re-link the converted shapes into curves or at least warn when a link is broken? I think this workflow could be a little smoother than it currently is, since having to re-link everything after realising one's mistake is a bit unfortunate.