vitaprimo Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 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. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaprimo Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaprimo Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaprimo Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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