Affinity Designer Automatic Stroke

[CADMAN99]

I am trying to add a shape, but it keeps adding a stroke even that stroke is turned off. I have stroke off and I have stroke color off.  However, I keep getting a stroke on the outside of my shape.  How do I keep this from happening.  This just started happening to me.

[R C-R]

Does the object have more than one stroke applied to it? (Check what the Appearance Panel shows,)

[Ginhuardy]

I have the same problem. I select the pen tool, set fill color with no stroke, and on the the second point, a black stroke appears. I then go to Appearance panel, deselect the stroke applied to it (there's only one), go to color panel and delete stroke, then complete the object. I then start another object, and the stroke reappears on the second pen point click. I tried Edit > Defaults > Factory Reset, but automatic stroke still appears on the second pen click.

The automatic stroke also happens in Publisher, but not in Photo.

Affinity 2.6.2

iMac 2017 Ventura 13.75

[R C-R]

29 minutes ago, Ginhuardy said:

The automatic stroke also happens in Publisher, but not in Photo.

There is an issue with all three 2.6.x apps due to the new Style: buttons on the context toolbar (use Line style, Use Fill) so I am not sure why you do not see the same thing in Affinity Photo.

[Aurelie]

Hello, 

I have the same issue and it is exhausting... A black stroke automatically appears at each draw with the pencil, even if I desable it...
It appears on the "Apparence" panel as well. Have you found a solution since ?
Thank you ! 

[EmmaEsme]

Hi! I'm here because I was looking for a solution to this as well.

This happens for me with the pencil and pen tools. Pen tool is actually a bit worse, since it drops the fill colour entirely and just makes a shape with a black outline. 

It's strange, because I've been using Designer for just about a year now and I don't recall it happening until more recently. I think I'd have noticed something so irritating from the outset... I have to agree with RC R that this issue returned with 2.6.

I didn't find any other info on this in a Google search. Is anything being done? Perhaps I'll look for a bug report here, now that I've joined the forums.

[Komatös]

Hello @EmmaEsme

Do you see the two icons  in the context tool bar? Click to change the status.

[EmmaEsme]

@Komatös Thank you! That's the type of thing I was looking for when I searched! Good to know if someone else finds this like I did, they have an answer now. 

[Aurelie]

Thank you very much !! 🤗

54 minutes ago, Komatös said:

Hello @EmmaEsme

Do you see the two icons  in the context tool bar? Click to change the status.

 

[Komatös]

@EmmaEsme @Aurelie

Your are welcome!

A German proverb says: ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’

[Aurelie]

Same expression in french 😉

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, Komatös said:

A German proverb says: ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’

 

3 hours ago, Aurelie said:

Same expression in french 😉

And in English! In fact, the English expression is the only one that uses those words: I would expect to see or hear something like „Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte“ in German and « Une image vaut mille mots » in French.

[Ldina]

We already have the ability to change fill and stroke using the Color Panel. 

As far as I'm concerned, the new "Use Line Style" and "Use Fill" in the context menu should be sticky for all NEWLY drawn objects. Maybe it is, but if so, I'm not seeing it.

For example, if I turn "Use Line Style" and "Use Fill" OFF in the context menu, I can draw with the Pen or Pencil and there is no fill or stroke. Great so far. If I then add a stroke or fill to my just-created object, using the Color Panel, that will affect the currently selected object. Again, that's as it should be.

BUT...adding a fill or stroke from the Color Panel to that object turns "Use Line Style" and "Use Fill" ON, so my next drawn object now has a fill and stroke. That means I have to continually go to the context menu and reset those to OFF, if I don't want the previous fill and stroke to be applied to newly drawn objects. Extremely irritating. So, I think the context menu should be sticky for ALL NEW objects. Of course, it shouldn't affect previously drawn objects, which have had fills and strokes applied to them from the color panel.

Am I missing something? If so, I'd like to know. Thanks.