Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Affinity's light mode UI — in the document setup — has been giving me a headache for months. When you set proportional dimensions, the icon disappears, or becomes so light that you can't see it. And the anchor/rescale active states are reversed. When you chose rescale, the rescale option is greyed out and the anchor option turns white. Which is also wrong. I mentioned this to support months ago, but nothing came of it. Just pointing it out again because it's become highly annoying and time-consuming. The attached screenshot is what it looks like when you set proportional resizing and rescaling. Looking at it, you wouldn't have a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Try setting User Interface options in Preferences https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Workspace/preferences.html bbrother 1 Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 7 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Try setting User Interface options in Preferences https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Workspace/preferences.html Do you mean why don't I just work in dark mode?... I prefer working in light mode. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Background Grey Level, Artboard Background Grey Level, Text Contrast, UI Brightness, UI Contrast? Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Nope, adjusting those levels doesn't fix the issue. I believe it's just a bug/oversight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 4 hours ago, Max Sheridan said: Affinity's light mode UI — in the document setup — has been giving me a headache for months. When you set proportional dimensions, the icon disappears, or becomes so light that you can't see it. Welcome on the forum @Max Sheridan, These are known issues with many user complaints. Reported often to bring attention to it many times but without response from Serif. This is cuased mainly by: using the wrong shades of gray for the UI frame, using wrong colors for control elements, icons and their states (active, hovered, disabled) overal poor contrast that on one hand results with blending some elements with the App frame and on the other makes some elements standing out to much wich is not good for the eyes and downgrades the overal feeling when working with Ui designed like that. 3 hours ago, Pšenda said: Try setting User Interface options in Preferences Changing UI settings like: Background Grey Level UI Brightness UI Contrast Thist doesn't help much and even does more harm than good. When you adjust the contrast, while you may notice a slight improvement in the contrast between icons vs application frame but on the other side the contrast between other elements will start to bee to disruptive for the eye despite it was no problem with it before the adjustments. @Pšenda as an experienced user, you should already know this.🤔 Granddaddy and GripsholmLion 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Thanks @bbrother. I just assumed they'd have fixed it by now with an update. Why don't they? It's so basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 7 minutes ago, Max Sheridan said: Why don't they? It's so basic They have their hands full due to many bugs in their applications. They don't take UI issues seriously even though they are just as important as those with the code. I think those are the casues why it wasn't fixed yet. GripsholmLion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Well, I hope they manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, bbrother said: as an experienced user, you should already know this.🤔 As an experienced user, of course I use Dark UI, where the mentioned problem is not there - and therefore I do not need to set the contrast in Preferences. P.S. I switched to Light UI for testing, and no problem either. Edited March 7 by Pšenda Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 2 hours ago, bbrother said: but on the other side you contrast between other elements will start to bee to disruptive for the eye despite it was no problem with it before the adjustments. This is also where my question was headed, if the OP had made the display/contrast settings worse. As you can see in my previous post - there is no problem with basic settings. Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 @Pšenda You are obviously an experienced user. But I still don't get the same results on my Mac. That link icon is hardly visible no matter how I tweak the contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 19 minutes ago, Max Sheridan said: @Pšenda You are obviously an experienced user. But I still don't get the same results on my Mac. That link icon is hardly visible no matter how I tweak the contrast. Maybe because he didn't noticed from your screenshot that youre using MacOS while showing by himself screenshots from Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 5 hours ago, Max Sheridan said: And the anchor/rescale active states are reversed. When you chose rescale, the rescale option is greyed out and the anchor option turns white. Which is also wrong. This appears to be a misunderstanding. In the light UI parent UI items like tab titles (e.g. "Dimensions", "Pages", "Transform") are darkened if inactive while buttons and definite settings (e.g. "Rescale", "Move Tool", "Persona", "Snapping", "Current Page", "Stroke Cap") are darkened if active. macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 4 minutes ago, thomaso said: This appears to be a misunderstanding. In the light UI parent UI items like tab titles (e.g. "Dimensions", "Pages", "Transform") are darkened if inactive while buttons and definite settings (e.g. "Rescale", "Move Tool", "Persona", "Snapping", "Current Page", "Stroke Cap") are darkened if active. Thank you, @thomaso, for your expertise (and lively text styling). I was afraid of entering this forum, and now bid you all adieu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 7 Staff Share Posted March 7 I am locking this thread and will hide it soon. It is NOT what we want to see when users come with a genuine well explained problem. The interactions in this thread have resulted in a new user leaving the forums. Saying they should be using other settings, or showing V1 is unaffected (the users screenshot shows they are affected in V2) or that "Serif don't care so why say anything" miss the point that there is a simple icon issue that needs addressing in Designer on Mac. Please do not reply like this, especially not to new users. mopperle, Bryan Rieger, Alfred and 3 others 5 1 Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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