Selected objects remain selected after locking a layer

[Intuos5]

In Affinity Designer 2.1.1, Windows 10.19045, selected objects remain selected after locking a layer. This is odd, because if you lock a layer and then perform the selection, locked layers are not selected. In other software, I often use layer locking to get rid of specific parts of a selection.

 

Steps to reproduce

1. Create random objects on multiple layers

2. Perform object selection (Ctrl+Shift+LMB drag)

3. Lock a certain layer after selection

4. Move the selection

5. Notice how the objects on locked layers, groups or inside other shapes remain selected

[Dan C]

Thanks for your report @Intuos5!

I can confirm that I have been able to replicate this issue and have logged it with our development team.

I hope this helps

[Intuos5]

@Dan C I want to add that this issue also extends to artboards.

1. Select an artboard in the layers panel

2. Activate the rectangle tool

3. You can draw an object on a locked artboard

[Dan C]

Thanks Intuos, as far as I'm aware locking an Artboard will only stop this from being directly selectable with the Move Tool and will stop the artboard from being transformable. This does not stop new objects/layers from being added or drawn on a locked Artboard - though perhaps this could be considered as an option for a future update

[HCl]

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[Intuos5]

1 hour ago, Return said:

I think this has been requested since version1.
The real locking layers I mean here, not only for the artboards issue in this case.

Affinity is slowly moving in this direction, notice that you cannot select locked objects from the canvas anymore (nor change their appearance).

And the select > same tools are getting support to filter out locked objects (so to say).

[Old Bruce]

4 hours ago, Intuos5 said:

Affinity is slowly moving in this direction, notice that you cannot select locked objects from the canvas anymore (nor change their appearance).

If I select a locked layer in the Layers panel I can still change the colour, stroke etc.

[Intuos5]

27 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

If I select a locked layer in the Layers panel I can still change the colour, stroke etc.

That's why I specifically said on the canvas 😉

[HCl]

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[Intuos5]

@ReturnI did report a couple of these bugs on the select same tools and they were logged for development.