Preserve children with constraints?

[Julion]

Affinity Designer Mac Beta 1.5.3

 

If I set constraints to prevent object A from scaling, why does "Lock Children" option on parent object B stop working for object A's position when resizing the object B? In this case I disabled the inner arrows for object A like so:

 

[A_B_C]

Seems like a bug …  :unsure:

 

(I assume you are talking about a situation like this one below …)

[Julion]

Yes, thanks for confirming! Should I file a bug report or can a mod move this thread?

[R C-R]

Seems like a bug …  :unsure:

 

(I assume you are talking about a situation like this one below …)

In your example, what is the container for the B rectangle?

[A_B_C]

Hmm … this is immaterial, I think. I just added this for completeness. Here’s a way to reproduce the issue:

• Create two rectangles, A and B, and make A a child of B.
• Remove the constraints on A as shown.
• Select B in the layers list, tick “Lock Children.”
• Now try to move the parent rectangle B independently of the child rectangle A.
• Impossible.

Does that make sense? Maybe I misunderstood some aspect of the Constraints functionality …  :unsure:

[R C-R]

I just started experimenting with constraints so I may be confused about how they should work, but Lock Children seems to be working as expected for me, but only if I set the constraints for B as you show them set for A. If I do that, it doesn't matter how I set the constraints for A.

 

I have no idea if this is how it should work though.  :unsure: