[1.7] Can I JOIN 2 curves in a Merged curve layer?

[R C-R]

Say I have a "(Curves)" object created via Layer > Geometry > Merge curves or the Pen Tool's "Add New Curve To Selected Curves Object" feature, & it consists of 2 or more curves. Is there any way to join 2 (or more) of those curves into a single curve?

I know I can use Layer > Geometry > Separate Curves (or the Divide Boolean) & then join the now individual "(Curve)" layers in the usual way, but there are reasons I don't want to do that, like the bug (?) that increases stroke width & how Divide closes open curves, whether I want that or not. I also know about the new 'hover to copy node' feature that can be used to sometimes make curves look like they have been joined, but that isn't always helpful, particularly when using the new multi-stroke capability for making things like in the Street Maps Etc ADe 1.7 topic.

While I am at it, there is a minor, mostly cosmetic bug, in the pen Tool's "Add New Curve To Selected Curves Object." The screenshot below should make obvious what it is:

Merge curves example.afdesign

[MEB]

Hi R C-R,
No, it's not possible to join two independent paths belonging to the same curve/object. This was logged quite some time ago but there wasn't changes here. I will pass the label issue (missing S) to the dev team. Thanks for letting us know.

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, MEB said:

No, it's not possible to join two independent paths belonging to the same curve/object. This was logged quite some time ago but there wasn't changes here. I will pass the label issue (missing S) to the dev team. Thanks for letting us know.

Thanks for the super quick reply. Hopefully it will be possible in some future version.

The label issue is a very minor one that resolves itself after changing almost anything in the Layers panel, so it is not a big deal, other than an occasional & temporary bit of confusion about what kind of layer the 'add new curve' creates.

[heartstonks]

Yes, I was completely confused by this — I had unintentionally ended up with a merged curves layer after opening some vector artwork that was passed to me. Trying to join two curves saw me futilely pressing the "join curves" button and wondering why nothing was happening: no error or anything.

As a stopgap, would it be possible for a error message to pop-up when a user has selected two separate paths on the same curves layer and tries to join them?