New drawing - default colours...

[Panchdara]

I searched....

[Old Bruce]

10 minutes ago, Panchdara said:

I searched....

It is rather well hidden. To change the default colours make a shape (Rectangle in this case) and set it to the colour (and stroke) that you want for the default. Go to Edit > Defaults > Synchronize from selection and then immediately go to Edit > Defaults > Save.

[Panchdara]

Thank you... yeah, somewhat obscure, but on target. Thanks!

In Inkscpe, each tool (rect, ellipse, shape etc) can have it's own predefined style..... but I can live with AD "general" method.... however, and this is just a shrug, would be nice if the icons in the toolbar reflected the current style ..... ie if you chose red fill, blue outline, then that icon would reflect that style.... not the current boring colour style (a dynamic toolbar?) (I know there are the colour circles below the tool bar.... just sayin')

Thanks again! You answered my question directly.

[Old Bruce]

16 minutes ago, Panchdara said:

each tool (rect, ellipse, shape etc) can have it's own predefined style

I should have mentioned that each tool (Shapes, Pen, Pencil etc.) can be set up like this. As can the Text tool with Font Face size colour of text stroke applied etc.

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

It is rather well hidden. To change the default colours make a shape (Rectangle in this case) and set it to the colour (and stroke) that you want for the default. Go to Edit > Defaults > Synchronize from selection and then immediately go to Edit > Defaults > Save.

More about object defaults at https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/objectDefaults.html

[Return]

One could make assets with different settings and colors from the quick shapes.

[thomaso]

4 hours ago, Panchdara said:

would be nice if the icons in the toolbar reflected the current style ..... ie if you chose red fill, blue outline, then that icon would reflect that style.... not the current boring colour style (a dynamic toolbar?)

What do you mean by "if you chose red fill" versus "the current boring style"?

Although your first screenshot displays it: Do you by now have the Context Toolbar disabled? This works like "a dynamic toolbar" you requested, means it always displays a preview of the currently assigned fill + stroke of a selected object … whereas the various colour wells in Tools / Swatches / Colours panels display a chosen colour also with no object selected.

[Panchdara]

On 9/4/2023 at 1:13 AM, thomaso said:

What do you mean by "if you chose red fill" versus "the current boring style"?

Although your first screenshot displays it: Do you by now have the Context Toolbar disabled? This works like "a dynamic toolbar" you requested, means it always displays a preview of the currently assigned fill + stroke of a selected object … whereas the various colour wells in Tools / Swatches / Colours panels display a chosen colour also with no object selected.

What I meant was, if the, say rectangle tool, is set with a blue stroke and red fill, then the toolbar icon, representing the rectangle, would also show blue stroke and red fill.

[thomaso]

37 minutes ago, Panchdara said:

What I meant was, if the, say rectangle tool, is set with a blue stroke and red fill, then the toolbar icon, representing the rectangle, would also show blue stroke and red fill.

Which toolbar? In case you do not mean the Context Toolbar but rather the Tools (panel):

With what advantage? As soon you select the Rectangle Tool you get its currently set properties displayed in the Context Toolbar, and there not only fill & stroke colour but also stroke width and possibly texture:

To me it appears rather confusing if Tools panel icons would change their appearance frequently, – not to mention other tools like the various pens, brushes + their options and other tools that will create a certain look once they get used.

[Return]

1 hour ago, Panchdara said:

What I meant was, if the, say rectangle tool, is set with a blue stroke and red fill, then the toolbar icon, representing the rectangle, would also show blue stroke and red fill.

I think you mean that previews of the quickshapes should reflect the used color or fill for both fill and stroke.
In the UI it isn't possible but you can create assets to be re used in new documents.