Define border strokes separately?

[andmocychmen]

Hi I'm trying to define border strokes separately on a rectangle.

Say I want a plain stroke on all sides, except the top side, where I want a dashed stroke.

Any way to do that? I can't see any parameters that would.

If it's not there, does it mean I need to remove the stroke and then draw multiple lines on top?

[Joachim_L]

18 minutes ago, andmocychmen said:

Any way to do that?

Not that I know, but you can do this with a table having only one cell.

[kaffeeundsalz]

As an alternative to @Joachim_L's suggestion, here's a really quick way of doing this:

Draw two rectangles: one with just the fill and one with just the outline. Convert the outline rectangle to curves. With the node tool, break the curve at the top left and top right node. This will separate the top line from the rest of the object. Select the top line and apply an individual stroke to it. There are downsides of this approach (e.g. after converting to curves, you'll lose rectangle properties for your outline object), but this is the easiest way I can think of to make this work.

[andmocychmen]

1 hour ago, Joachim_L said:

Not that I know, but you can do this with a table having only one cell.

Wait... there are tables in Affinity Designer? 🤨

[andmocychmen]

46 minutes ago, kaffeeundsalz said:

Draw two rectangles: one with just the fill and one with just the outline. Convert the outline rectangle to curves. With the node tool, break the curve at the top left and top right node. This will separate the top line from the rest of the object. Select the top line and apply an individual stroke to it. There are downsides of this approach (e.g. after converting to curves, you'll lose rectangle properties for your outline object), but this is the easiest way I can think of to make this work.

Nice. Thank you.

[Joachim_L]

12 minutes ago, andmocychmen said:

Wait... there are tables in Affinity Designer? 🤨

Oh, sorry, no. I did not notice that you were using AD.

[loukash]

It is possible non-destructively without adding another object:

 

(Um… my wife's just told me she's hungry, so I have to cook dinner now. Let me know if you've found out how it works in the meantime. If not, I'll get back to you about in an hour or two, to tell you the whole secret… )

[prophet]

2 hours ago, loukash said:

I'll get back to you about in an hour or two, to tell you the whole secret

I can't wait!

[loukash]

Aw-rite, here you go:

 

 

Edited February 25 by loukash
replaced *.mov with *.mp4

[prophet]

I was so close in using a gradient instead of the transparency tool, but couldn't quite get a "solid" edge. Very clever as always @loukash

[loukash]

In Publisher, alternatively to tables, you can also use text frames with a blank paragraph decoration. That's really easy peasy and much more precise:

Of course, you can then switch back to Designer. All text frame and paragraph attributes will remain intact, albeit not editable.

[andmocychmen]

10 hours ago, loukash said:

Aw-rite, here you go:

 

ade_dashed_stroke_side.mov 25.77 MB · 2 downloads

Interesting! Thanks.