Affinity Photo dialog boxes fail to open twice on Windows 11 Home

[signingin54]

I've got Affinity Photo 2.30 running on Windows 11 Home version 22H2. I keep encountering a repeatable bug involving certain filters' dialog boxes that control the filter settings.

The first time the filter's dialog pops up, it's OK. But if I apply the filter again on that same image file (say for a new layer), the bottom part of the dialog box is missing, including the Apply and Cancel buttons. There's no way to apply the filter then. Se e the attached photo for an example involving the Perlin Noise filter. Notice that the Apply and Cancel buttons and the Blend mode menu are missing.

I've tried both enabling and disabling hardware acceleration, but the problem persists.

The only workaround I've found is to create another image file, apply the filter there for the first time on that file, and copy the resulting layer back to the first image file, but that's annoying as hell.

Edited January 5, 2024 by signingin54
Forgot to mention trying hardware acceleration

[stokerg]

Hi @signingin54,

This isn't something I've been able to replicate here.

Can you just try a basic reset of Affinity and see if you can replicate it after the reset?  To do the reset, exit Affinity and start Affinity while holding down the Control key on your keyboard and you'll get shown a screen with a number of tick boxes.  3 boxes will be ticked and you can just click on Clear.  Affinity will then load as normal.

Is this the only Filter it's happening with?