Make a child layer on ipad

[CaroleG]

I am following a tut for desktop affinity designer and making spots on the body of a giraffe.   Some of the spots have to overlap the body shape in order to become partial spots.   the tut tells me to select a spot and double tap one the layer and then drag below the body layer and slightly right to make a child layer so that the portion of the spot that was outside the body disappears.   Whatever I do I cannot make a child layer using this method in ipad.   I have looked at the Affinity Designer Tut for layers and a child layer is mentioned and appears but it is a pixel layer he painted on.   Can anyone guide me how to do this as i have searched tuts and can find nothing to explain how to do this on ipad.    Wish they worked the same.   Had a problem last night with arranging patterns around a circle - again a tut for desktop - showing a handle to move which does not appear on ipad.   Finally managed it by moving the turn.   Anyway any help would be appreciated with my giraffe spots!

 

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Carole.

On iPad the clipping/nesting position is indicated by a horizontal blue line across the middle of the target layer, like this:

In the above example, dragging the image layer onto the rectangle layer results in the image being clipped to the rectangle:

[CaroleG]

Thank you so much - just discovered this myself by experimenting and found that it was the middle of the layer you want to make a child under - have now finished my giraffe tut - see below.   Thanks again for the prompt response