Selecting an Artboard automatically selects full-area background object

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1) create artboard

2) create background object (same size as the artboard, e.g. a background)

3) create some other objects, place them on the artboard

4) create second artboard

5) select "artboard" tool from the toolbar

6 click on first artboard and observe layers

--> The Artboard tool selects the artboard as well as the background object

[kpanda333]

I think this is what I’m running into when I have an artboard set up with different objects layered on it, including the full-area background. When I try to duplicate the full artboard - even when tapping on it in the layers panel (I’m using it on an iPad Pro 12.9 gen 5) - and then I touch and hold/drag the artboard, it only selects the full-area background. Version 1 never had this issue. Did you ever figure it out? It drives me nuts. 

[Callum]

Hi Jens Krebs,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention I have logged this with our developers to be investigated further I'll update this thread once I have more info.

Thanks
C

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Using Artboard tool. Selecting an object on an unselected artboard. Selects just the object not the artboard on v2. " (REF: AFD-6175) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.2.0.1857".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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