Thomahawk Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 Designer 1.7.2 on OSX Mojave Luckily, recently I stumbled upon "not limit to canvas" in "view modus" menu of Publisher (sorry if I don't have the right English equivalent on those, I see it in German). I was positively surprised and looked for that option in Designer. It is there, but I have yet to find in which situation it is getting available, because until now, its always grayed out and I can not choose it. Any idea why it stays not usable? Having the possibility to have objects placed outside for later use or trying things, would be a real big help. Quote
Staff MEB Posted September 17, 2019 Staff Posted September 17, 2019 Hi Thomahawk, That option always appears greyed-out for artboard based documents because you can place objects outside the canvas (in the pasteboard) area by design. For non art-board based documents (File > New, with Create Artboard option unticked) you have to untick it to be able to place objects outside the canvas area. So this option only becomes active/available when you work in non-artboard based documents. Try deleting the artboard layers from a document until there's none - you will see that the option View > View Mode > Clip to Canvas becomes available. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
MickRose Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 Try View/View Mode/Clip to Canvas (uncheck). It works on Windows. Or have I misunderstood the question. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
Thomahawk Posted September 17, 2019 Author Posted September 17, 2019 Thanks Meb. I see. So this means, that option is only possible when working with one single page. Too bad. Quote
Staff MEB Posted September 17, 2019 Staff Posted September 17, 2019 No, It means this option is (permanently) enabled for artboard based documents. Have you tried it? create a document with an artboard, draw an object on canvas then drag it entirely to outside the artboard. It should remain visible (unless it crosses the artboard/canvas boundaries - in that case only the part inside the canvas/artboard is visible). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
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