Graphical glitch in Layers panel when scrolling

[Raptosauru5]

I am noticing this strange anomaly where extra thick black line is often created in Layers window when scrolling.

Please see the attached screen capture video.

Below are some deeper analysis, so you have as many details as possible:

This happens regardless of using scrollwheel or scrollbar. It however seems to happen more often when I slowly drag the scrollbar.

Sometimes the line thickness gets as thick as 3px (instead of 1px). Sometimes it is black, sometimes dark grey.

In the following case it actually made the layer slightly taller than others and the preview image became off-centered.

 

my settings:

These glitches are purely visual and do not affect the functionality (I hope! It might be a clue to some other performance problem related to Layers, because they are not the fastest, especially when opening and closing groups. So maybe something else is going on).

What could be causing this?

layers lines.mkv

[NathanC]

Hi @Raptosauru5,

I've not been able to replicate this UI issue on any of my files thus far by using either the mouse wheel or the scroll bar, in case it's something more specific to your file/layer stack could you send me a copy of it and also confirm if you're using W10 or W11?

Upload link for file: https://www.dropbox.com/request/2KdzzHD4yPZ4J4HXrY6H

Many thanks

[Raptosauru5]

@NathanC Thanks for your care, sorry for incredibly late response.

At first I thought it was my GPU artifacting, but I tested it on my laptop with the same file and it happened too!

I did some tests and found out that Exclude from snapping is doing it!

Likely because if you apply "Exclude from snapping" to a layer, it will show a crossed magnet icon, which will stretch the layer a little bit taller than others.

Now you just need to scroll across that layer and it will eventually happen.

I uploaded my test file in your dropbox request.

Hope this helps

 

[NathanC]

Hi @Raptosauru5 thanks for following up,

Unfortunately we've still not been able to replicate this on our side even with the 'Exclude from snapping' enabled on an object, I've had a few colleagues try this all with the same result. It could be down to a difference in our panel setups, so if you could save your existing layout to a preset (Window > Studio > Add Preset) and send me a copy of your 'Workspaces' folder so I can replicate your setup that would be great. Dependant on if you've installed via the MSIX or the .EXE the path is different, but the containing folder can be accessed via Run command (WIN + R) and entering in the following:

MSIX: %USERPROFILE%/.Affinity/Designer/2.0/

EXE: %APPDATA%/Affinity/Designer/2.0/

Once here make a copy and then compress it to a .ZIP file, the upload link from my previous post should still be open if you could upload it there.

Many thanks

[Raptosauru5]

@NathanC

Thanks for trying. Sorry to hear that you could not replicate it.

Maybe the panel setup is the problem...my Layers panel is docked and takes all vertical space (unlike the default).

I uploaded my Workspaces. It is the one called "Studio Preset A 1.1"