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I don't know if this is a bug or what, but when I select a object in the layers panel, the previously selected object is temporarily highlighted in magenta which then fades away.  Anytime I select an object in the layers panel, I immediately try to locate the NEWLY selected object on the artboard.  Unfortunately, highlighting the previously selected object draws my eyes to it instead and is very distracting. 

 

This would be a great feature if it highlighted the NEWLY selected object, but not the way it works now.

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Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Pam. :)

 

The magenta/purple temporary highlighting identifies snapping candidates. You can change the behaviour via the magnet icon on the main toolbar.

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I can’t reproduce the behaviour with ‘Show snapping candidates’ switched off. Perhaps someone else will explain what’s going on.

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I don't get any temporary highlighting, whether "show snapping candidates" is on or off. With it on, all the snapping candidates have a permanent purple/magenta outline. But in any case, my newly selected object has the standard blue selection box around it and is very obvious.

 

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I just spent about 10 minutes playing with it. The temporary highlighting behavior is inconsistent, occuring maybe 75% of the time, but when it does occur, it's always the previously selected object. It doesn't occur when all snapping is off. 

 

If I turn on "show snapping candidates" MOST of the snapping candidates have the outline Walt describes, but not all (granted, I may not understand what AD considers a candidate).  And the outlineremains around some objects even after deselecting.

 

I don't know if this is related, but I'm also having trouble with Edit All Layers, which seems to be stuck in the off mode. I can't select multiple objects in the layers panel from different layers or from sublayers regardless of whether Edit All Layers is on or off. 

 

Rebooting.

 

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Hi Pammiller,

This is by design. The highlight and fade-out is just to inform you that this object is has now been added to the Candidate List. If you continue to select the 6 same objects you will not get this, as the snapping candidates are not changing. If you enable 'Show Snapping Candidates' then those 6 objects will always appear purple (instead of fading out).

If you change from Candidate List to All layers/Immediate layers then you do not get this highlight as the Candidate List is not being used.

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