Swatches panel does not show blank (empty) fills correctly

[Rudantu]

I expect blank/empty fills to appear with a red line through them, however in swatches panel they simply are gray (or whatever the UI panel color is)

Circled swatches are indeed blank ones. I use them to separate my swatches.



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[Michail]

11 hours ago, Rudantu said:

I expect blank/empty fills to appear with a red line through them, however in swatches panel they simply are gray (or whatever the UI panel color is)

It seems to work here (Windows). Are you on Mac?

[Rudantu]

Indeed Mac, apologies. Have added that info.

[Old Bruce]

16 hours ago, Rudantu said:

Circled swatches are indeed blank ones. I use them to separate my swatches.

Are you using the "empty" (line through the circle) or are you using 0% opacity. I can recreate the problem you have but only if I use 0% opacity. If I use the "empty" then I get a line through the swatch. Mac OS 11.7 Here is the green with 0% opacity.

 

[Rudantu]

20 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Are you using the "empty" (line through the circle) or are you using 0% opacity. I can recreate the problem you have but only if I use 0% opacity. If I use the "empty" then I get a line through the swatch. Mac OS 11.7 Here is the green with 0% opacity.

 

Oof - didn't realize that was possible - thanks for pointing that out! My bad.

[Sean P]

Hi Rudantu,

The issue here is you're using Apple's System Palettes (identified by the Monitor icon), and from what I can tell they don't allow for a 'No Fill' swatch, I certainly cannot do it within Pages either. So instead you just get a neutral grey added.

However if you use one of our palette types such as the Document Palette (page with folded corner icon) or Application Palette (Box with a cog icon) types rather than Apple's System Palette it is possible to add a 'No Fill' swatch.

So unfortunately I don't think this is possible to 'fix'.

[loukash]

2 hours ago, Sean P said:

Apple's System Palettes (identified by the Monitor icon)

I missed that icon as well. I'm so used to look out for the  symbol.