Preserve selection while creating curves

[gentleclockdivider]

Not sure if this is a bug 

Enale preserve selecton while creating curves 
-Draw a closed curve with the pencil tool 

-draw another curve , try to close 

Some edges are not shown 

 

In the second screenshot it already happened with the second curve 
Maybe I am completly missing the point on this one 

[Dan C]

Hi @gentleclockdivider,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble and my apologies for the delayed response here!

I can confirm this is a known bug which is logged with our developers - I'll 'bump' this report now with your post here.

I hope this helps

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, Dan C said:

I can confirm this is a known bug which is logged with our developers

Unless I am missing something, there is no "Preserve Selection When Creating New Curves" option for the AD Pencil tool, but there is for the Pen Tool, & it is with this tool that this bug occurs.

FWIW, I discovered a weird workaround for this that works on my Mac: after the second node is placed with the Pen Tool, if I hold down the CMD key to temporarily switch to the Node Tool to click either the first or second node, then release the CMD key to return to the Pen Tool, I can continue adding nodes to the current curve instead of starting a new two-node curve.

So if you really want to keep the last curve selected when drawing a new one, it can be done with a not too inconvenient workaround.

[Dan C]

On 8/17/2021 at 6:49 PM, R C-R said:

Unless I am missing something, there is no "Preserve Selection When Creating New Curves" option for the AD Pencil tool, but there is for the Pen Tool, & it is with this tool that this bug occurs.

Agreed, I believe this is a mistake in the OPs report as the context toolbar screenshot is certainly for the Pen tool and not the Pencil tool - as is the development report for this issue.

On 8/17/2021 at 6:49 PM, R C-R said:

FWIW, I discovered a weird workaround for this that works on my Mac: after the second node is placed with the Pen Tool, if I hold down the CMD key to temporarily switch to the Node Tool to click either the first or second node, then release the CMD key to return to the Pen Tool, I can continue adding nodes to the current curve instead of starting a new two-node curve.

Thank you for providing this, I'll be sure to update the development log with this info

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Pen Tool : Preserve Selection When creating New Curves (context toolbar) is broken " (REF: AF-2665) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.5.3.2516".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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