Affinity Designer: How to use layer visibility controls for duplicated symbols?

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The layer panel in Affinity Designer allows you to toggle the visibility of layers by clicking the check box that is placed on each layer.

I am currently duplicating some symbols. I find that if I uncheck the layer box on the layer of symbol to turn off its visibility, then all duplicated symbols disappear, even those duplicate symbols that are on separate layers (their layer check boxes will automatically uncheck). 

Is there anyway to stop this, so I can turn off the layer visibility of one symbol without the other duplicate symbols layers automatically turning off? 

Thanks!

[Callum]

Hi Big Smile,

The only way to do this is to un-toggle the sync button found within the symbols tab and then make any changes to visibility etc that you would like to make.

Thanks
C

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33 minutes ago, Callum said:

Hi Big Smile,

The only way to do this is to un-toggle the sync button found within the symbols tab and then make any changes to visibility etc that you would like to make.

Thanks
C

Thanks! If I untoggle the sync will they still function as symbols. E.g. If I update one symbol's design, then these design changes will occur on all symbols. From playing around it doesn't look like it. But I wonder if I might be doing something wrong?

[Callum]

No they wont you would have to re toggle sync in order for them to start functioning as symbols again.

[walt.farrell]

You could turn off Sync, toggle the visibility of the symbol instance, then turn on Sync again.

[MEB]

19 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

You could turn off Sync, toggle the visibility of the symbol instance, then turn on Sync again.

This does what the user wants but at the cost of unlinking the visibility attribute from the instance meaning it will never sync again with the other instances if the user needs to revert the process at some point (that is, make the visibility honour other's instances visibility state again).

[big smile]

I found a work around to this:

1. Place the instance of the symbol in a group.

2. Now you can turn on/off the group visibility without breaking the syncing of the symbol. 

[Pšenda]

22 hours ago, big smile said:

Is there anyway to stop this, so I can turn off the layer visibility of one symbol without the other duplicate symbols layers automatically turning off?