changing object highlighting colors and guides? And simple shape editing question ...

[AnonD]

Hello, I'm a 20 year veteran of using Adobe stuff and am looking to finally make the switch. Using a Macbook Pro Retina running High Sierra.

The Scenario:  Using Affinity Designer, basic editing of a vector logo shape. My questions are:

(1)  Is it possible to change the selected object highlight color? Not the object itself but the outline showing it's selected. By default it's blue, and my object is blue, so it's hard to see the difference. In illustrator it's just an option in the application preferences.  

(2)  How do I delete a section (line segment) of the same blue object? I added points to the middle of the shape and want to delete the middle section and rejoin the points where the guides are to create two new objects, one below the guides and the other above the guides with the area between the guides deleted. In illustrator I'd just make a point between two points and hit delete, then join the open points of the new separated object to close the shape. Been trying to figure this out for awhile now. Hmmmm.

(3)  Lastly, is there a way to change the document guide color? As shown I have two horizontal guides I dragged down from the rulers, by default they are blue.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Edited May 1, 2019 by AnonD
Title wasn't informative enough

[Aammppaa]

1 right click on the object in the layers panel. Choose properties, and change colour here. 

2 context menu bar for now tool has the function break curve. 

3 not currently possible. 

[AnonD]

Thanks for the reply ...

(1)  I tried the ole right click before posting, sadly I don't get a "properties" option when I right click on any layers or on any object. 

(2)  Break-now worked.

(3)  Bummer.

[v_kyr]

7 minutes ago, AnonD said:

(1)  I tried the ole right click before posting, sadly I don't get a "properties" option when I right click on any layers or on any object. 

That works if you first create a new vector layer on the layers panel (with the bottom create layer button) for drawing. For that layer you can right click and change color settings via the then available settings/properties menu option.

[AnonD]

Interesting ... so it only works with new native layers? Looks like I have to copy paste the work into the new layer to have the option, a little wonky but it works. Thanks for the info.

[v_kyr]

Draging and droping layers (rearranging) should work too. Yes AFAIK it works with such new native layers, at least here for me.