Vector line stroke color gets changed by the app when I start drawing

[PitterPen]

I think this is a bug, but I'm new to Affinity Designer so I could be wrong:

This happens on Affinity Designer 2 on an iPad:

Essentially, I set the stroke to be 'no color', then when I start drawing Affinity changes the stroke color.

Here are the steps:

I add a new vector layer and have that layer selected.  I have the pencil tool selected.  I set the stroke to "no color" (white with a slash through it) and I set the fill to orange.  When I start drawing with the Pencil tool, the stroke immediately gets changed by the application to brown.

I'm not sure why the stroke changes to brown if I had "no color" set before I started drawing.  I was using brown on other layers, and it's like that overrides the selection I just made.  Not sure if there is some kind of "inheritance override" rule, or if this is a bug.

A workaround I'm doing for this is to let the application change the color to brown and draw 1 line with the brown stroke.  Then I change the stroke to "no color" then delete the line I just drew.  Now when I draw, the stroke has no color as I intended and stays on 'no color'.

Thanks

[stokerg]

12 hours ago, PitterPen said:

I add a new vector layer and have that layer selected.  I have the pencil tool selected.  I set the stroke to "no color" (white with a slash through it) and I set the fill to orange.  When I start drawing with the Pencil tool, the stroke immediately gets changed by the application to brown.

 

I'm struggling to replicate this at the moment, my stroke is staying set to No Fill, so i'm likely missing part of the puzzle.  Could you provide a screen recording showing this happening?

[Paul Mudditt]

13 hours ago, PitterPen said:

I think this is a bug, but I'm new to Affinity Designer so I could be wrong:

This happens on Affinity Designer 2 on an iPad:

Essentially, I set the stroke to be 'no color', then when I start drawing Affinity changes the stroke color.

Here are the steps:

I add a new vector layer and have that layer selected.  I have the pencil tool selected.  I set the stroke to "no color" (white with a slash through it) and I set the fill to orange.  When I start drawing with the Pencil tool, the stroke immediately gets changed by the application to brown.

I'm not sure why the stroke changes to brown if I had "no color" set before I started drawing.  I was using brown on other layers, and it's like that overrides the selection I just made.  Not sure if there is some kind of "inheritance override" rule, or if this is a bug.

A workaround I'm doing for this is to let the application change the color to brown and draw 1 line with the brown stroke.  Then I change the stroke to "no color" then delete the line I just drew.  Now when I draw, the stroke has no color as I intended and stays on 'no color'.

Thanks

Possibly try using the context tool bar options for STROKE and FILL options for the pencil tool, I have seen some funnies using the colour studio wheel stroke and fill option, it seems to work slightly different.

[PitterPen]

3 hours ago, stokerg said:

I'm struggling to replicate this at the moment, my stroke is staying set to No Fill, so i'm likely missing part of the puzzle.  Could you provide a screen recording showing this happening?

Sure, I've attached a video that shows: I add a new vector layer, I select the Pencil tool, the Pencil shows 'no color' for the stroke (and fill) in the context tool bar, I change the fill to be orange, I draw a line and the line has stroke with color brown (not 'no color' as I would have expected).

 

 

[Paul Mudditt]

Hmmm only way I can replicate that is by touching the stroke slider which immediately puts a stroke on the fill. 

Whenever I have a strange iPad problem often a Forced Restart fixes it. Have you tried closing all open apps then doing this?

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados

The next step would be to try the 2.1 beta version to see if that does the same. The beta version installs along side your V2.0 app.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/affinity-beta-program/

Alternatively if you have saved all your work into an iCloud folder and don’t mind losing all your Home Screen projects then delete the app and try re-installing it after a Forced Restart.

 

[NotMyFault]

I can confirm the issue. 
it is not possible to change stroke/fill color for pencil tool when a vector layer is active. (And not a curve layer)

as soon as you finish a new pencil layer, colors revert back to older settings.

You can then change pencil colors, as a curve from pencil is active layer.

probable cause: when a vector layer is active, and the pencil tool is chosen, changing stroke/fill wrongly gets applied to the vector layer and all child layers (none at this time). Using pencil creates a new curve layer, but using former colors.

Similar bug when a artboard is active, fill gets applied to artboard instead of pencil tool.

[NotMyFault]

Exact sequence to reproduce 

1. create new document 
2. add artboard 
3. choose pencil tool
4. draw with pencil
5. set fill and stroke to e.g. blue
6. add vector layer
7. change fill and stroke to red
8. draw with pencil
9. color reverts back to blue

it becomes more visible if you have already child layers of vector layer.

whenever you change stroke/fill while pencil tool is active, and vector layer is active layer stack, colors get wrongly applied to vector layer and all child layers.