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A few of things about applying strokes to groups:

  1. It would be nice to have this working, i.e stroke apply to resulting object, rather than each of the children.
  2. Why does applying a stroke to a group containing a pixel layer, essentially apply a fill?
  3. When attempting 2, there seems to be a performance issue (high CPU usage).
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51 minutes ago, smth said:
  • It would be nice to have this working.

It mostly seems to work for me, but see below.

53 minutes ago, smth said:
  • Why, currently, does applying a stroke essentially apply a fill?

I can't reproduce that here, but if I try to apply either a stroke or a fill to a group which includes a 'Pixel' layer the chosen colour covers the entire canvas. The operation works as expected when I include an 'Image' layer instead of a 'Pixel' layer.

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3 hours ago, smth said:
  1. It would be nice to have this working, i.e stroke apply to resulting object, rather than each of the children.

Hi @smth,

I think this is because a 'group' is not a vector object but rather a 'logical' object (I don't know how the programmers would call it).
In other words a 'logical' object does not have a vector outline and that's why it can not have a stroke.

An easy (but no on click operation) workaround is to draw a rectangle on top of the group (snapping enabled) and give it a stroke.

Another thought: is the 'group stroke' limited to rectangles? Should there be circles and ovals, too? :)

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Yes, the workaround (that I currently use) is to replicate the shape of the group. I'm suggesting it would be nice if this could be done automagically :) Should definitely not be limited to any one shape, but be the result of all the shapes in the group, as if you had flattened it.

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@smth A couple of options…

1. Use the Outline Layer Effect.

Or

2. Use symbols

  • Make a symbol from the Group
  • Add duplicate of the Symbol aligned with the original.
  • De-Sync the symbol and add a Stroke to the original.
  • Re-Sync the symbol, and changes will propagate.

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