MIKEBOONE Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Hello! LOVE this app but a sudden problem with new update... I have a document with 15 layers and multiple objects in each. All visible at this time. Before update, I could select any visible object on screen regardless of the layer it was in. After update, I can only select an object in the current "active" layer. When I try to select an object not in that same "active" layer, it will not let me (does nothing) until I go to that layer in the toolbar and pick any random object in the list of those in that layer. Once that layer is "active" (not sure how else to describe, sorry!) then I can select anything in that layer but only that layer! Happened right after update to 1.7.1. Is there a setting I need to change or is this a bug? Cheers and thank you! Mike :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 My guess is the little icon at the bottom left of the Layers panel that looks like a stack of 3 sheets of paper with the tooltip "Edit All layers" is not enabled. MIKEBOONE and Callum 2 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...
MIKEBOONE Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 You are my HERO! YES! That's all it was but it's so obscure for a newbie like me I could not find it haha! THANK YOU!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memet Ali Kaya Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Hi, I start to experience the same problem, i.e. I can't select objects in any layer other than active/selected ones, after just updating Affinity Designer to 1.8.4, it is the same as MIKEBOONE experience. I did enabled the "Edit All layers" button (even close and opened the program) but still the problem continues, nothing changed. Any suggestions ? Thank you! Memet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminist Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I found this to be a dodgy layer. When you select an item does it select something else in the document? If so move that object lower down in the layer list. It worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memet Ali Kaya Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Thank You Jaminist, It worked for me too. Excellent Appriciated ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelP Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I’m having a problem with selecting layers. It’s only letting me select the background. It let me edit it before and now I’m not sure what’s going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 5 hours ago, RachelP said: I’m having a problem with selecting layers. It’s only letting me select the background. It let me edit it before and now I’m not sure what’s going on. Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Application, and release? OS and release? Screenshots or a video so we can see the problem? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbigg Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hi, similar issue-would you be kind to advice some solution? AF 1.10.6.1665, Win10 22H2 Just try to select 'escher' cube/elements... ZatorskaWRO_PK_PlacZabaw00.afpub Quote cheers, AF Photo+Designer+Publisher and their betas on Win10 x64/Gtx760+AmdFX+24GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 52 minutes ago, Zbigg said: Hi, similar issue-would you be kind to advice some solution? AF 1.10.6.1665, Win10 22H2 Just try to select 'escher' cube/elements... Not sure what you mean by 'escher' cube/elements but if you mean the rectangular curve layer on page 3 with x on each of the move handles signifying it is locked, that's because it is an element of your Typowa 01 master page, so you would need to select it to edit it there, or if you want to do that on the document page, select the Typowa 01 parent layers, right-click on them & choose Edit Detached. Callum 1 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...
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