[Affinity Photo]Reduntant Refine Pixel Selection Prompt

[Ron P.]

I guess the latest update 2.6.2.3228 Serif added a totally ridiculous prompt to the Refine Selection. After completing the selection refinement, I click on one of the options in the drop-down, like New Layer, or New Layer with Mask. I then click on Apply. <--That tells me that the selection will be applied, so I'm aware of that. What happens next, a prompt dialog pops up, asking me if I want to apply it. Really? So why don't they have another prompt after I click on Yes, to ask if I'm sure I want to?

This prompt does not function correctly. I get what I want regardless of pressing yes or no.

Does not happen in AD.

 

[carl123]

Not getting that extra prompt here

I wonder, could it be a setting somewhere affecting this?

 

(Windows 11)
(APhoto 2.6.2.3228 Beta)

 

[jmwellborn]

@Ron P. and @carl123  I used 2.6.2.3228 Beta to try this.  I am not getting that extra prompt here either, and I am on MAC. I tried with the Selection Brush Tool, with the Object Selection Tool and with SELECT>Select Subject. With each process I tested both "New Layer" and "New Layer with Mask" as my selection choice. I then went back to 2.6.0 and tried everything again. Same result. One click on Apply and the selection layer pops up on the Layers Panel.

Do you suppose a CTRL + Open on Photo might solve this? Just a thought.

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, jmwellborn said:

I used 2.6.2.3228 Beta to try this.  I am not getting that extra prompt here either, and I am on MAC.

Same here, using both the 3228 beta & retail versions on my Mac.

[Ron P.]

8 hours ago, jmwellborn said:

Do you suppose a CTRL + Open on Photo might solve this? Just a thought.

Yes, doing a Control run up fixed it. Why? I have no idea.

I had went through every single setting I could find in the app. I could find nothing that would have caused that pop-up prompt. I had also tried with the Beta version, and it did not have this problem.

What I absolutely despise with doing a Control Run Up, it resets my Tools. Thankfully using the Beta version, I manually redone my tools. I thought one of the app files, .propcol or xml held the customization we do. Tried copying from the Beta but to no avail.  

[jmwellborn]

@Ron P.  I am so glad it worked!  When I do a CTRL + Open, I always uncheck everything and press Clear, to see whether I can’t sort out whatever the issue is without changing anything I have previously organized (tools, toolbar, etc.). It almost always solves the glitch. If that doesn’t work, as a last resort I grit my teeth and leave the top three checkmarks on.