candacew Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I am experiencing a strange problem. I can no longer move a layer up or down in the layer hierarchy. I know that I could do this at one time (gasp!) At first I thought that it had to do with layers being locked, or grouped. But I have reversed these layer states, and yet the problem persists. I must tell you, I am a newbie, so I am sure that it is related to some basic oversight on my behalf. Thank you for any help you can provide! Candace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candacew Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 To clarify, I have reversed the locks and grouping on the affected layers, but not ALL of the layers. Could that be the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 4, 2015 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2015 Hi candacew, A few users already mentioned this but i'm still not able to replicate it. Can you attach your file here (or PM me a dropbox link if you prefer) so i can take a look? It also would be helpful if you could tell me which actions you've performed generically (cropping, resizing, etc) if possible. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candacew Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 Thank you for your reply, MEB. I restarted my Mac, and the problem is gone. For future reference, I had already tried restarting Affinity, but that did not stop the problem. Other peculiar behaviors also appeared- the tools were not responding as usual, etc. I had not resized or cropped the image when the problems appeared, but I had been working on the same file for hours. My previous experience has been with the raster program, Painter by Corel, and I have found that after hours of intensive work it is sometimes necessary to close the file and reboot. If the problem occurs again, I will try to document more carefully. Thank you again for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misc33 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I've had this happen quite a few times. When I restart AD, the problem goes away and I can drag to reorder layers again. Just now AD wouldn't let me drag layers, but selecting the target layer and using the Arrange keyboard shortcuts (Move forward one / Move back one) worked. Seems to be an intermittent bug. I didn't do anything in particular out of the ordinary before it happened, just working on a design and trying to keep the template layer on top. Quote MacBook Pro 15" 32GB RAM, iPad Pro 12.9" + Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil. Software tools of my trade: Affinity Designer | Affinity Publisher | PDF Expert | Drafts | The Archive | Plutio https://eandrpublications.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 19, 2016 Thanks misc33, Something must be triggering it in very specific circumstances. I will keep an eye on this. If you find a way to reproduce it consistently let us know. Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Has happened to me several times. Don't know what triggers it. But I save and restart AD and problem goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I have this issue too. (1.4.2) I copied/pasted 2 images onto another for compositing and the layers became blocked. I can't move adjustments layers either. Saving and relaunching AFP fixed the issue. (I hadn't saved the document up to that point). Quote Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonybrain Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Dittos to Misc33's issue. Thanks, Misc33, for the workaround (i.e., Arrange, up/down).I've restarted AD, and am still experiencing the problem. I thought perhaps I inadvertently did something that locked up the Layers panel in this particular project, so I opened up older AD projects. The layers won't move in them either.At least I can keep moving using the Layer - Arrange option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfreemedia Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I'm experiencing the same issue pretty regularly but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out what is triggering it. A restart of the app does fix the problem as others have stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I think all of you who are experiencing this issue should upload the files that had the issue to MEB (If at all possible, stop what you are doing and before you attempt to fix this issue save a version of the file with history) it may help spot a pattern, one cannot diagnose what is a fairly common occurrence on hearsay and without evidence. It would also help if you put your system specs/models in your sig and the version of AP used. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 5 hours ago, firstdefence said: ... one cannot diagnose what is a fairly common occurrence on heresy and without evidence. Or hearsay, either! toonybrain 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 6 hours ago, R C-R said: Or hearsay, either! lol your my online spell-checker lol! Corrected toonybrain 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, firstdefence said: lol your my online spell-checker lol! Corrected Well, almost corrected! You changed “heresy” to “heresay” but you should have changed it to “hearsay”. And BTW, “your my” (in your post that I’ve quoted here) should be “you’re my”; i.e. a contraction of “you are my”. Unfortunately, spolling checkers don’t/can’t pick up most of this stuff (apart from “heresay”, which isn’t a word in any of my dictionaries). On which subject, you may recall this thread from two or three weeks ago. toonybrain 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, Alfred said: Well, almost corrected! You changed “heresy” to “heresay” but you should have changed it to “hearsay”. And BTW, “your my” (in your post that I’ve quoted here) should be “you’re my”; i.e. a contraction of “you are my”. Unfortunately, spolling checkers don’t/can’t pick up most of this stuff (apart from “heresay”, which isn’t a word in any of my dictionaries). On which subject, you may recall this thread from two or three weeks ago. "I could put it heresay but I won't" lol! Corrected again. I'm going to have to step up my game aren't I. Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Eye think spell chequers work grate, butt, lettuce prey they r knot kneaded four a knee thing import ant. Alfred 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 2 hours ago, firstdefence said: "I could put it heresay but I won't" lol! Corrected again. I'm going to have to step up my game aren't I. You know what they say in the entertainment industry "Everyone's a critic". And by the way, should there not be a question mark after "aren't I" ? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Seems like a good place for this xkcd comic... Alfred and toltec 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 - firstdefence 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 1 minute ago, haakoo said: What are spolling checkers?? Just a deliberate misspelling of “spelling checkers”! I had actually typed “spolling chackers”, but by the time I noticed that I had only undone the autocorrection of the first one @firstdefence had quoted my post, so I decided to leave it alone. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Alfred said: Just a deliberate misspelling of “spelling checkers”! I had actually typed “spolling chackers”, but by the time I noticed that I had only undone the autocorrection of the first one @firstdefence had quoted my post, so I decided to leave it alone. Isn't the phrase "spelling checkers" itself something of an oxymoron ? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 - Alfred 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alfred Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, toltec said: Isn't the phrase "spelling checkers" itself something of an oxymoron ? Is it? How so?? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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