Arrows: Ugly overlap when opacity is less than 100%

[Grum]

The screenshot should be self-explanatory - the overlap shouldn't be visible when opacity is under 100%.

n.b. I know there are workarounds such as grouping or applying linear transparency but I'd prefer this to be fixed - thanks!

[carl123]

Try adding a Fill colour to the Curve (any colour)

[Grum]

15 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Try adding a Fill colour to the Curve (any colour)

Thanks but that only works for the simplest of arrows, not much use if they're curved

[carl123]

In the Colour panel try changing the Fill colour's opacity to 0%

[Callum]

Carl123's work around should solve this for now however I have logged this with our developers to see if we can improve in this area.

Thanks
C

[loukash]

3 hours ago, Grum said:

I'd prefer this to be fixed

22 minutes ago, Callum said:

I have logged this with our developers to see if we can improve in this area.

I can actually see good use for the current overlap mode (and I think I've already used this somewhere in a design), so it definitely shouldn't be "fixed" just by totally removing it. thanks  

2 hours ago, carl123 said:

In the Colour panel try changing the Fill colour's opacity to 0%

For the record, as I just noticed, this works only if the stroke opacity has been changed via the Layers panel.
It doesn't work if the stroke itself has opacity < 100%.

[Grum]

31 minutes ago, Callum said:

I have logged this with our developers to see if we can improve in this area

Thanks very much Callum for logging this - it can definitely be improved!

4 minutes ago, loukash said:

I can actually see good use for the current overlap mode

Sorry but I can't see any point as there is little control over the amount of overlap and it looks like an error (which it is) however I'd love to see an example of it being used creatively  .  If I did want a similar design element then I'd prefer to create two separate objects which would then give me complete control of the amount of overlap, stroke ends, blending modes and more.

2 hours ago, carl123 said:

In the Colour panel try changing the Fill colour's opacity to 0%

Thanks for the workaround - I'll add that to my growing list of workarounds (grouping, applying linear transparency blend etc)  

[loukash]

7 minutes ago, Grum said:

Sorry but I can't see any point

Personally (!), I can't see any point in having indices or cross references either, yet there they are now in Publisher. So what exactly is your point in stating this?