Stokestack Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Hi all. I created an object that's hollow in the middle, through which you can see other objects. But I can't select those by clicking on them; Designer is treating the empty space as part of the surrounding object. Do I really have to hunt through the layer list to select any of the underlying objects from now on? In the attached illustration, the interior of the large curved rectangle was created by subtracting the inner shape from the outer one. The small one has no fill. But I can't select the blue line. I looked in the preferences for "treat all objects as filled" (found in other apps), but I don't see it. Thanks for any insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 20, 2017 Staff Share Posted January 20, 2017 Hi Stokestack, Currently no but you can press and hold the ⌥ (option/alt) key and click on the top object to cycle through the overlapping shapes. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokestack Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Thanks! That information is missing from the hints for the selection tool in the status bar at the bottom of the screen; I looked there before posting the question. This mode of working will get tedious fast, though. I'll file a feature request to be able to turn off "treat all objects as filled." As far as I can remember in other applications, clicking on empty space doesn't do anything unless you've specifically activated the option to treat all objects as filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokestack Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Oh, wow. I didn't fully read what you said. The only option is to cycle through ALL of the overlapping objects? That's a deal-breaker. I'm out. No way can I see using this app with that crippling and fundamental problem. Very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokestack Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Here we are more than a year later, and this still isn't fixed. Selection is broken, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Try Outline View Mode and click on the outline to the rectangle? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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