Opening other files like pdf, illustrator

[HenkBrwr]

I have this problem opening a file other than an affinity file. When I open a file from finder on my MacBook, it opens a dialog how I would like to open the file sometimes I direct open a second file before accepting the first file and then I cannot do anything anymore in Affinity designer because in the background I still need to accept the first file, how do I get to the first file? For now I have to kill Illustrator and reopen the files. Any one have had this situation?

 

Henk

[GarryP]

I tried to replicate what I think you’re doing in Designer 2.6.0 on Windows and I get two “PDF Options” dialogs, one for the first document and another for the second document.

They are the same size and in the same place on the screen but I can move one out of the way to get to the other, and can open/cancel each individually.

I don’t have any Illustrator files to check this with but it seems okay for me with PDFs.

[HenkBrwr]

Hi Garry,

Thanks for trying, you accept the second file then I cannot get to the first file anymore and designer doesn’t respond anymore. I am on a macbook

[GarryP]

Ah, once I have two “PDF Options” dialogs open, because the are modal, I cannot ‘action’ the first one until I have ‘actioned’ the second one.

But once I have ‘actioned’ the second one I can then ‘action’ the first one.

Can you share a full-screen (whole application UI) video which shows us what happens for you?

See attached video where I drag the “Red 1” PDF to the application (from an Explorer window off screen) and then drag the “Blue 2” PDF to the application.

I cannot click on the OK or Cancel buttons in the “Red 1” dialog until I have clicked on OK or Cancel in the “Blue 2” dialog.

Edited March 15 by GarryP
Added video.