Teddy Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 When in Affinity Designer I choose to snap to grid only, I expect my elements to snap to the horizontal and vertical grid intersections only. However, when dragging a rectangle for example, it vertically snaps in the middle of two grid lines. Especially with text frames, the bounding box or baseline snaps in between the grid lines, sometimes between pixels. I find this very annoying. It takes more time to get things precisely in place. Can someone explain to me why that is happening? See the video’s I’ve attached that Illustrate this behavior. AD-snap-to-grid-only-text.mov AD-snap-to-grid-only-rectangle.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 2, 2017 Staff Share Posted June 2, 2017 Hi Teddy, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Can you please attach both afdesign files so I can take a closer look? It would also help if you could a attach screen capture of your Grid and Axis Manager and Snapping Manager settings. Here's how to attach image/files to a post just in case. Teddy 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted June 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted June 5, 2017 It's the automatic grid behaviour - it includes midpoints between the visible lines. Does the grid change as you zoom? Switch off "Use automatic grid" and set up the grid manually. Teddy 1 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hi Ben, That's what i though initially, but if it's the Automatic grid shouldn't we see the smart guides fading on the ends on the grid halves too? That's the reason i asked for the file. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted June 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted June 5, 2017 Actually - that may be a bug... Thought it seems to be working ok for me in the MAS version. Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted June 5, 2017 But in the video we don't see the fading smart guides in the halves of the grid. That's why i think something else may be going on. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thank you both for looking into this. :) Can I deliver the afdesign files to you directly MEB? Since they are part of a project that isn’t public yet, I’d rather not post them here. I’ve attached a screenshot of my grid and snapping settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 It's the automatic grid behaviour - it includes midpoints between the visible lines. Does the grid change as you zoom? Switch off "Use automatic grid" and set up the grid manually. That’s interesting, but I do not use the automatic grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 8, 2017 Staff Share Posted June 8, 2017 Hi Teddy, Yes, you can upload the files directly to me. Give me a minute to set up a dropbox folder... [EDIT] Here's the link. Don't forget to add your forum's username (@Teddy) to the file name. All files will be deleted after being checked. Thanks. Teddy 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Great, thank you. I’ve just uploaded the file; both examples in the video come from this file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Hi MEB, have you had the chance to look at this issue yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 18, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 18, 2017 Hi Teddy, This is already fixed in the latest Beta. If you are willing to give it a try you can download it from here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) Thanks, I’ve installed the Beta and gave it a try. It seems to be fixed for shapes, but the issue persists for text frames. Both in the file I’ve provided, as well as in a newly created file. The snapping seems to apply to the text frame as well as the text itself (and its baseline), see the video’s attached. The first example has a baseline shift applied to the text, the second doesn’t. SnapToGridBeta02.mov SnapToGridBeta01.mov Edited August 18, 2017 by Teddy Uploaded new video file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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