PuppyPuppyPuppy Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I'm new to Affinity Designer on the iPad, so forgive me for this. I have a linear gradient that I have applied and would like to reverse the gradient. The contextual menu shows "Reverse" as an option, but tapping that does nothing. Is there something I'm missing with this functionality? I can see that something is done by looking at the history, but the gradient doesn't change at all. The same can be said of the other buttons in the contextual menu, except for delete. Thanks in advance! Update: I've tried the tool in a new document with just a rectangle with a gradient applied to it and the tool works as expected. I also tried on a couple of the samples and it also works there. Any ideas as to what in a document could cause it to not function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 29, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hi PuppyPuppyPuppy, Welcome to the forums What object type is your linear gradient applied to in the first document? If possible, could you upload a copy of this file here for us to look into for you? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyPuppyPuppy Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 The linear gradient was applied to a vector object. I'm not sure how exactly I fixed this issue, but it happened again in a new illustration I started - gradients old any type were basically uneducable with the fill tool. What fixed this was selecting an object (vector with gradient) opening the color wheel, setting the focus on the gradient fill, and then editing the fill. It's possible that it was applying it to a stroke that was set to zero. I"m not sure. Anyhow, thanks for the offer of assistance. I'll chalk this up to growing pains in learning the app. adpdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olhcim Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) Can confirm this happening to me too. I am not sure what caused it or what fixed it, but through the process of copying the gradient from one object and pasting the style on another, the gradient reverse button ceased to work. Even when later manually overriding the gradient with a new one, or selecting, deselecting the gradient points, or changing their colour. Edit: I’ll try the above suggestion next time. Edited June 8, 2020 by Olhcim Didn’t finish reading the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheybass Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I don’t know if this is a feature or a bug. But it appears that you can only rotate/reverse gradients that have been applied to the stroke, but gradients that have been applied to the fill. Can’t imagine why this is how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 3, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 3, 2020 Hi @sheybass, Welcome to Affinity Forums Tap the small circles (aligned vertically) on the left most side of the context toolbar on bottom to switch between the stroke and fill attributes for the gradient, then tap on the rotate/reverse buttons. Dan C 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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