Affinity Designer 2.5.5: Appearance blend modes cannot be changed for multiple objects at once.

[Tupaia]

Hello!
Repro: Create and select 2 or more objects > open the Appearance panel > try to change the blend mode for either stroke or fill to something else than 'Normal'. Nothing happens. Only when just one object is selected can it's fill/stroke blend mode be changed.

This is a bit of a problem, because in my case (an architectural site plan) I have a group with 100s of objects for which I want to change the fill blend mode to 'multiply', but leave the stroke blend mode to 'normal'. I'd have to go through each and every object to set the appearance.

Any tricks to achieve this without much hassle?

Anyway, a fix would be appreciated. After all, the stroke/fill color or stroke width can indeed be changed for many objects at once.

Thanks!

 

Edit: copying the appearance with the Style Picker tool helps a bit, but still this is something that should work.

[stokerg]

Hi @Tupaia,

I've moved your post to Feedback and Requests as the current behaviour is by design and isn't a bug.

Hopefully we can see this improvement soon.

[Tupaia]

Thanks, stokerg! Looking forward, since the current behavior doesn't make too much sense, does it.