Undo history issue when drag-copying leads to multiple erroneous duplicates

[jakezien]

Noticed a frustrating issue in Designer. Description below; .gif attached.

 

When I duplicate and move an object by option- or command-dragging, and then I undo, I often wind up with a "stack" of erroneous duplicates in the object's original position. This can be hard to notice, and often results in a cluttered layers panel and a heavy document. 

 

The issue here is that in other apps, the convention is that option-dragging is a single command, which is entirely cancelled by an undo. But in Designer, an option-drag is actually two commands: there is an implicit copy at first, and then a translation. Undo only reverses the translation, not the copy. It's hard to remember to undo twice when I've only performed one action, and the resulting pileup of artwork is easy to miss. 

 

 

Thanks a ton, Serif—I love Designer, and you guys are just amazing!

[jakezien]

Bumping up this thread, as I still find myself tripping over this issue when I use the app. Anyone else find this to be a snag in their workflow?

[sldx]

I'm with you brotha. The problem is that AD interprets an ALT-drag as two actions (duplicate and move) and an undo only undoes the move. You have to remember to undo twice after an alt-drag. Which, obviously, never happens :(

[MEB]

Hello jakezien. sldx,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Thanks for reporting this.

Issue logged to be looked at.

[jakezien]

Hello jakezien. sldx,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Thanks for reporting this.

Issue logged to be looked at.

 

Thanks so much for responding! Looking forward to a fix for this bug.

[jakezien]

Bumping this thread again.

[MEB]

Hi jakezien,

There wasn't time yet to fix this one. 

It's not forgotten.

Sorry about it.

[jakezien]

Thanks for the reply! Reassurance is much appreciated.

[jakezien]

Bump :)

[MasterEaster]

Hello, how is the status of this old bug?

One year later, undoing a command-dragged object still doesn't undo the complete action leaving a duplicate in the position of its source.

[MEB]

It's assigned but wasn't fixed yet (both Mac and Windows), sorry.

[fimdomeio]

There are some minor usability issues in affinity but this is the one that really makes me suffer.
I bump into it so many times... My documents are constantly filled with duplicates and it's a pain to find them,

[MEB]

Hi fimdomeio,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

I've bumped this issue in our log. I'm sorry for the inconvenience this is causing.