Affinity Designer V2 iPad - Clipping Mask creation is unintuitive.

[ThirtyFiveThousand]

This is my one major complaint with ADV2. In V1, dragging an item into another item within the Layers panel was very clear: a blue bar appeared across the middle of the target item. In V2, hovering one item over another causes the blue bar to flicker above and below the item you are attempting to drag an item into. Is it going where I think it’s going? 🤷🏾‍♂️ The visual clue I have relied on for years is no longer available. It’s now a series of wild guesses.

I’m still waiting on that Collapse All command in the Layers that will allow more efficient searches of the organized layers and groups my files contain. Collapsing all containers at once vs scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll scrollIng through the Layers in order to collapse containers manually so that I can find things easier. Hopefully you guys are still steering the car based on that Roadmap of yours!

[MoonaticDestiny]

I made a post about this. The middle blue line indicator for a clipping mask is now gone. It now works like the desktop version. I hate the desktop version. Thats why I preferred the ipad app.  Its better for the blue line to show in the middle of the layer to indicate a clipping mask is being performed. Now if you want to make a clipping mask the blue line becomes a little thicker and appears below the layer and moves a little to the right. Sigh. The visual clue has changed and its annoying. 

[ThirtyFiveThousand]

5 hours ago, MoonaticDestiny said:

I made a post about this. The middle blue line indicator for a clipping mask is now gone. It now works like the desktop version. I hate the desktop version. Thats why I preferred the ipad app.  Its better for the blue line to show in the middle of the layer to indicate a clipping mask is being performed. Now if you want to make a clipping mask the blue line becomes a little thicker and appears below the layer and moves a little to the right. Sigh. The visual clue has changed and its annoying. 

😄 It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who prefers the iPad features/operation over the desktop version. I hope our Blue Bar returns soon!

[Dampsquid]

I can’t for the life of get the iPad version to create a clipping mask. Anyone know if there’s a video somewhere? This is crazy!

[walt.farrell]

9 hours ago, Dampsquid said:

I can’t for the life of get the iPad version to create a clipping mask. Anyone know if there’s a video somewhere? This is crazy!

Just make sure you drop the clipping object onto the target's thumbnail.

[Dampsquid]

On 11/23/2022 at 5:49 AM, walt.farrell said:

Just make sure you drop the clipping object onto the target's thumbnail.

Thanks Walt!  I see it now - I have to drop actually on the rectangle that is the thumbnail... this is harder to see when using fingers than it used to be.

[ThirtyFiveThousand]

On 11/23/2022 at 6:49 AM, walt.farrell said:

Just make sure you drop the clipping object onto the target's thumbnail.

Dropping the object onto the thumbnail creates an Opacity Mask. Dropping an object into another creates a Clipping Mask. 

[loukash]

On 11/12/2022 at 3:57 AM, ThirtyFiveThousand said:

In V2, hovering one item over another causes the blue bar to flicker above and below the item you are attempting to drag an item into.

It's a display bug. I vaguely remember it's been already reported and likely logged. In any case I remember to have posted to such a bug report a few weeks ago.

In other words, no conspiracy, no evil deeds. Just a simple bug.  

[NewInBoston]

1 hour ago, loukash said:

It's a display bug. I vaguely remember it's been already reported and likely logged. In any case I remember to have posted to such a bug report a few weeks ago.

In other words, no conspiracy, no evil deeds. Just a simple bug.  

Good to hear. I also noticed it felt a bit off, and seem to consistently miss nesting/mask/group target.