Artboard: How can I view assets moved to the artboard?

[IanGreig]

I sometimes need to save assets like graphic elements, alternative text etc. They become invisible when moved to the artboard — but I can't find a way to change that behaviour. I'm using Designer right now but this would apply equally to Publisher.

[walt.farrell]

I think you are probably using the term "artboard" incorrectly. It has a specific usage, especially in Designer, for a kind of container object ("Artboard"). If your Designer document does not have any Artboards, then it has a Canvas. The area outside the Canvas (or outside the Artboards, if you have any) is called the "pasteboard".

If you're saying that you have this problem when you move an Asset onto the pasteboard, and you're not using Artboards, then you need to disable the option View > View Mode > Clip to Canvas.

[thomaso]

2 hours ago, IanGreig said:

but this would apply equally to Publisher.

In addition to Walt's hint for AD in APub you would additionally deactivate the button "Toggle Preview Mode" in the Toolbar to make objects in the workspace / pasteboard area visible.

[IanGreig]

Thanks for correcting my clumsy terminology. I meant 'pasteboard'. Walt's advice worked for me. I didn't find 'Toggle Preview Mode' in Designer but it may apply to Publisher? I will be there tomorrow... I use and greatly appreciate all of the Affinity applications, literally every day.

[David in Mississippi]

I am also working this issue for Affinity products version 2.

In DESIGNER 2.1 and PUBLISHER 2.1, this works fine: View > View Mode > Clip to Canvas, with the shortcut key = \ (backslash).

However, in PHOTO 2.1, that menu item and shortcut key is not available. I'm still looking, so if anyone knows how to do this in PHOTO, please let us all know.

If it is NOT available in Photo 2.1 (ff), then AFFINITY DESIGNERS, please add it to the list of improvements to the next version.

Thanks, everyone.

 

[walt.farrell]

39 minutes ago, David in Mississippi said:

If it is NOT available in Photo 2.1

It's not possible. Photo is designed for different purposes, and does not allow viewing of items outside the canvas.

40 minutes ago, David in Mississippi said:

then AFFINITY DESIGNERS, please add it to the list of improvements to the next version.

This is the Questions part of the forum. You would need to raise that request in the Feedback part of the forums.

[David in Mississippi]

Thanks to Walt for that feedback.

However, it seems that this:

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

It's not possible. Photo is designed for different purposes, and does not allow viewing of items outside the canvas.

...is something the developers could easily provide, if they wanted to. It seems short-sighted to think that people working in Photo would never needt need to store things off to the side of the canvas while working on other parts of an image. I cannot see any reason for not allowing us to make those things visible.

And yes, I'll take this suggestion over to the feedback thread.

I appreciate your comment and feedback. Take care.