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I know this is supposed to be in my face or very easy to do... but i can't find it, not even in the help section of the app. (affinity 1.6.3)

 

How can i name / rename a file in Affinity (iPad)  - version 1.6.3?

  • on the main page, if i click / long-press / swipe on a files thumbnail, it just repositions the file elsewhere.
  • and inside the file, there's only a way to name a file while exporting

 

And how to delete a file?

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5 hours ago, AnneHW said:

What? I see that small box on the bottom right, but it does not contain “delete.”

For 'delete' read ' Close'. 

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Wasn't it Yoda who first said ''To 'Delete' the file, first it must be 'saved'.'' :D

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Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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2 hours ago, toltec said:

I suppose that because it is perhaps never actually saved anywhere, only open in the app's memory

If it weren’t saved anywhere, it wouldn’t be available via the Home screen when you close and reopen the app. It’s saved in the apps own private little sandbox, and when you ‘close’ it it gets deleted from there, so I think it would be reasonable (and less confusing to the user!) to use the term ‘Delete’ that many of us expect.

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9 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said:

and less confusing to the user!) to use the term ‘Delete’ that many of us expect.

Except that if you 'have' saved it, a renamed 'Delete' will not actually delete the afphoto or afdesign file. That may be 'more' confusing. O.o

M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB   lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen).
Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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2 minutes ago, DM1 said:

Except that if you 'have' saved it, a renamed 'Delete' will not actually delete the afphoto or afdesign file. That may be 'more' confusing. O.o

Well, it won’t delete an Affinity document saved to another location, but if you make multiple copies of any kind of file on any OS and then delete the original you don’t expect the copies to disappear!

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That's true. But if I open a file from Cloud and return to project screen then, delete the file from project screen the cloud file is still there. Wait isn't that what I had 'open', heck why didn’t it delete when I selected delete. Trying to differentiate between open from and import from is bad enough, given that it doesn’t save edits in all cases. Until all bugs are sorted I reckon there is enough to confuse the average user. :1_grinning:

M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB   lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen).
Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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10 hours ago, LLM said:

I could not find an icon to the right of the file (v. 1.7.2) so  I used File/Save As and renamed it that way.

 

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Your screenshot indicates that you’re using the Windows version of Affinity Photo. This is an iPad thread.

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