Grouping without constraints

[vitaprimo]

I think I must've clicked something somewhere that every group that I create is now a constraints group and for some reason disappears. I was changing settings in the app recently.

I went on a rampage changing Designer's program settings [⌘,] looking for a way to create ⌥-dragged duplicates in the destination artboard and I think it backfired.

What disables (or makes it extra-steps) to create constraints groups? My layers panel is crazy enough already and with the objects disappearing from view finding them is hard. Thanks!

[R C-R]

I am not completely sure what you mean by constraints groups. can you post a screenshot of the Layers panel showing this type of group?

Also, alt (⌥) dragging an object from one artboard to another (or to anywhere else in the workspace) to duplicate it is a built-in function -- there is no need to create a keyboard shortcut for that, if that is what you were looking for.

[vitaprimo]

Sure, and thanks for answering BTW,

 

I thought first it was because the layers were a few levels down and themselves in another group in the tree but it'll happen at the artboard (not nested) level too.

The duplicate thing I know it's expected, I do it everywhere else in the system, it feels natural instead of ⌘J, which I've accidentally used on Finder too, instead of ⌘D.

What I meant is that the duplicate item, though it appears where it's dragged to on the layers panel, on the layers tree it is still back at home base with its twin. Not always though, it depends where it's dragged to. This led me to believe somebody put care into this and that's what I was looking for that got me into this mess.

[vitaprimo]

By lucky coincidence in the screenshot there's a regular group, what I used to get when I grouped things. I didn't notice it before.

[vitaprimo]

I've been playing around with this, well, not really playing, playtime shouldn't be frustrating. I think this is a bug. I copy objects from one artboard in the NW area of my spread, go south to a far SW of the spread and it pastes all the way to the east area. in the center area. There are random objects all over the place. I thought I was just being way too careless but I've cleaned up the document several times, creating artboards to keep masters of objects and things like that and keeps getting worse.

All objects and artboards have export settings in Export Persona so they're easier to find in there but the selection is lost between Personas so it's more really a confirmation than a tool.