Object distribution doesn't take layer order into account

[maxen]

Distributing Objects doesn't "sort" them, instead, they are randomly spread. see Screenshot.
I first centered all objects horizontal and vertical, then spaced them vertically. All objects are identical in width and height.
Win11 | i9 9900 | RTX 4080 + RTX 2080 (display only) | Designer 2.6.0.3134 beta

[Old Bruce]

Would need to see the original y/vertical locations of the objects. I would guess that 011 is topmost and 016 was the next lower one.

[maxen]

As I wrote: prior distributing all elements were centered and all have the exact same dimensions. So for distributing there is only one reasonable value - the layer position.

[GarryP]

35 minutes ago, maxen said:

So for distributing there is only one reasonable value - the layer position.

There is also the order of the layers in the layer stack to consider.

[Alfred]

9 minutes ago, GarryP said:

There is also the order of the layers in the layer stack to consider.

We can see from the OP’s screenshot that the objects are in numerical order in the layer stack. The issue is that the distribution options will only see them as objects, not numbers, so if they aren’t placed in numerical order on the page they won’t magically end up being sorted numerically.

[Alfred]

53 minutes ago, maxen said:

for distributing there is only one reasonable value - the layer position

That is not the case:

11 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Would need to see the original y/vertical locations of the objects. I would guess that 011 is topmost and 016 was the next lower one.

 

[GarryP]

Without being able to see the original order of the layers, both on the canvas and in the layer stack, we can’t know what actually happened.

Old Bruce asked for this information but the OP seems unwilling/unable to provide this information, so we don’t have both a ‘before’ and ‘after’ so we can’t tell what changes were made.

I think the numbering of the names of the layers, and/or the numbers in the text in the layers, might be irrelevant as the OP seems to be of the opinion that only way to properly distribute the layers would be by “layer position” (whatever that means since a layer can have different “positions” depending on what the user means at the time, e.g. top-left, centre-centre, right-centre, etc.).

However, as I said above, there is also the order of the layers in the layer stack to consider as the user might want the layers to be distributed relatively by their position in the layer stack rather than “position” on the canvas.

Until we get more information about the ‘before’ situation I think it will be difficult for me to usefully comment further.

[Alfred]

14 minutes ago, GarryP said:

Without being able to see the original order of the layers, both on the canvas and in the layer stack, we can’t know what actually happened.

I’m not sure what you mean, Garry. The OP’s screenshot presents all of that information neatly in one place:

[GarryP]

If that’s true then it seems that I’m unable to understand at least part of the situation so I’ll probably ‘duck out’ of the discussion at this point so that I don't cause any further confusion (either to myself or anyone else).

[maxen]

The original position (as I wrote earlier) was all elements neatly centered to each other. I used the the same tool as for distributing, but in "center" align mode. To be entirely clear: every text field were in the exact same position in the viewport. And as all the dimensions are also absolute identical, all respective edges and vertices shared the exact same position.
You could just create a rectangle, duplicate it several times, align all centered and THEN try to distribute them. (uncheck "auto distribute")

[carl123]

7 hours ago, maxen said:

As I wrote: prior distributing all elements were centered and all have the exact same dimensions. So for distributing there is only one reasonable value - the layer position.

So, if the layer's position in the Layer stack is not how affinity distributes all the layers in your supplied example.

Then, ignore the Layer stack, and ask yourself the question, what else could it be?

[maxen]

And the answer is? I can't find it.

[carl123]

Just now, maxen said:

And the answer is? I can't find it.

You didn't look

You just posted it in the bugs forum rather than the questions forum

"Investigate, collaborate, eliminate..."

Three wise words my father taught me.

Mind you, he was an armed bank robber

[Ldina]

20 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Three wise words my father taught me.

Mind you, he was an armed bank robber

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