foddomanoo Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Hi, since my very first steps in the different betas to all current version I come across an annoying behaviour. When I want to save or export a file, the palettes of the studio seem to be ABOVE the dialog box of the operation system, so its almost not usable. I always have to first rearrange the studio to get access to the "open" or "export" button. Seems to appear in all three applications, beta and non-beta on my Mac. I hope you can fix this. Thanks . Cuando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 9, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 9, 2019 Hi @foddomanoo, I have moved this to feature requests as it's not a bug. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 If palettes obscure open/save dialog boxes it is certainly a bug. Or maybe an oversight. Medical Officer Bones and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 10, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 10, 2019 A bug would prevent you from opening/saving - For example, if you would not be able to move the panels once you clicked on the Open/Save. However, you can always move any panel (Finder or our panel) if they overlap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Anyway, open/save dialog boxes should always be on top. That is how users expect software to work. Medical Officer Bones and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medical Officer Bones Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I would consider this a bug, not a feature request. Windows version is also affected. Imagine this situation: the file dialog is smaller than one of the GUI panels. The user attempts to save the file, mis-clicks, and the file dialog is hidden beneath that panel. Unless the user is aware of what just occurred, the user may assume that the app no longer responds. Showstopper! This can be categorized as a user interface BUG, not a feature request. I have NEVER experienced similar behaviour before in any Windows or Mac app. This is a first! Very interesting oversight on the part of the developers. Definitely should be categorized and labelled as a bug. ...and I am going to use this as another clear example in my UX design classes of "How Not To Design A User Interface". I've got a couple of other great Affinity GUI examples which are already part of that list. Alfred and Cuando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybodesign Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Bug or feature request (more a bug to me as well)… the fact is it's a real UX issue because it prevent the user from accessing contextual informations he asked for or even validation buttons. Any news of resolving that ? Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybodesign Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Hello Any news regarding this overlapping issue? It's really annoying when you work all day long on a project with lots of exports. Have to move panels all the time… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted February 4, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2020 Hi @anybodesign, I'm afraid no. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybodesign Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 oh too bad 😭 Is it such a technical problem to fix it? The export panel doesn't overlap anchored panels on the right of the screen, so supporting 2 columns of anchored stacked panels (on Mac) could be a temporary solution. What do you think? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz_H Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi all, since this seems to be a MacOS-only - issue (don´t see this on Windows..) it might perhaps be in fact a bigger issue to fix than we think... ( @anybodesign ) kind regards Fritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybodesign Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hello there, I was hoping the recent update would fix the overlapping panels issue… but sadly it doesn't No second column of panels either… Any other Mac user interested in these "features" ? I can't believe I'm the only one who can't wait for the fix. Cuando, USD and Fixx 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USD Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 2 hours ago, anybodesign said: Any other Mac user interested in these "features" ? You are not the only one @anybodesign Cuando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USD Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I love Affinity Suite, but FOR ME the interface is uninteresting and out of date and the operation is NOT very good and has bugs. I am sure and hope that Affinity will fix this in the future and refresh the interface look as well. Cuando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybodesign Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Hello, Any chance to have this problem solved for all affinity apps in a near future? In v1.9 maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 4, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2020 I'm afraid we can't give ETAs on bug fixes. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anybodesign Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 it's a major one. should be a top priority… but ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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