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  Could context bar show color and stroke and fill information for the pen tool when the pen tool is selected?
  18 Mar 2025, 20:12 • Boldline   19 Mar 2025, 07:35

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  @VectorStyler said in Could context bar show color and stroke and fill information for the pen tool when the pen tool is selected?: I can add this to the next build. That would be nice because there is something to be said for BL's idea if you make the analogy with the real world. After all, you first take the pencil of the right color before you start drawing.
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  Colors Bucket Fill tool
  18 Mar 2025, 21:30 • FastVector   19 Mar 2025, 06:40

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  19 Mar 2025, 06:40

  @FastVector I added this to the backlog.
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  Smart Transform
  17 Mar 2025, 19:58 • Daniel   18 Mar 2025, 09:01

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  18 Mar 2025, 09:01

  Ah! Brilliant. Thanks @VectorStyler!
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  Bezigon Tool
  7 Mar 2025, 18:05 • Daniel   17 Mar 2025, 19:54

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  Further to our conversation on email, I agree with you @VectorStyler: the pen tool has actually made giant leaps over both Illy and Affinity Designer. Just a note. No need for response.
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  User defined Color for Shape Builder
  17 Mar 2025, 15:03 • Subpath   17 Mar 2025, 18:24

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  @Boldline said in User defined Color for Shape Builder: @Subpath I understand what you are suggesting. It would make sense to me if the setting is where you were suggesting it be - in the shape builder panel and not in the overall setting since it seems pretty busy there I agree, the Shape Builder panel would be the most logical place for me too for such a setting
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  Print Interface Optimization
  17 Mar 2025, 05:05 • monsterfox   17 Mar 2025, 12:02

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  17 Mar 2025, 12:02

  @monsterfox I will try to find a better layout for this.
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  Please replicate FreeHand Find & Replace function in VS
  15 Mar 2025, 17:21 • Daniel   15 Mar 2025, 18:12

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  15 Mar 2025, 18:12

  No rush. Take your time. I'd rather you implement it correctly than rush out something that is broken and buggy. We already have affinity for that. By the way, this has been a pending request to Affinity since, wait for it, 2015. That's ten years. Hopefully you don't need a decade.
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  Feature request for drawing mirrored straight lines
  14 Mar 2025, 16:58 • Ayo   15 Mar 2025, 18:02

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  Still my go to program for layout work. Eats Publisher and InDesign for breakfast in terms of speed. The only VECTOR program with multi page table that's not InDesign or Quark Express.
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  Additional function for extend tool
  15 Mar 2025, 15:57 • Boldline   15 Mar 2025, 16:16

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  @Boldline The extending part of the tool can only work for open shapes, so you have to open the path first (with the Node tool).
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  "Hide Bleed" Option and exporting Bleeds through PNG, JPG, etc
  28 Feb 2025, 06:41 • debraspicher   15 Mar 2025, 06:39

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  @debraspicher said in "Hide Bleed" Option and exporting Bleeds through PNG, JPG, etc: The ability to add Crop, Registration marks, etc to an exported image would also very greatly appreciated. I have to add them back in by printing in another program (like Affinity) that supports them. I will try to add this for 1.3
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  New effect
  12 Mar 2025, 11:11 • monsterfox   12 Mar 2025, 12:52

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  Look-up Xara, which has had this for many years, and is highly useful. Inkscape/Corel took much of it's UI-UX from Xara. Xara was on the verge of going Open Source. At least for Linux. Until it reneged. Double-clicking the transform origin point converts circle to square, or rectangle to ellipse, and vice versa. Double-clicking the corner node (Xara has additional corner nodes within the bounding box for all objects) transforms the shape into hexagon. And you can use the dedicated polygon tool to change this in any way. It is highly efficient. I'm going to catalogue all the possible improvements over the next few months and post in the forum. Hopefully, @VectorStyler, you'll find some ideas you've not considered.
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  Little Lock or little right click Menu for Lock and Unlock a Bitmap
  12 Mar 2025, 08:09 • Subpath   12 Mar 2025, 09:41

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  @VectorStyler I know I can customize the right-click menu, but my post was about a standard solution, not a custom one.
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  Liquify Tool needs much better smoothing
  10 Mar 2025, 11:34 • Subpath   10 Mar 2025, 15:54

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  @Subpath I opened a bug on this. The default settings must produce better results.
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  DWG / DXF support for technical/architecture renderings
  2 Jul 2021, 08:14 • c64   1 Mar 2025, 19:27

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  @Pipouille said in DWG / DXF support for technical/architecture renderings: looking forward for this implementation It is in the backlog for 1.3, both DWG and DXF
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  Spiro Path Tool
  28 Feb 2025, 22:04 • Honor   1 Mar 2025, 12:53

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  @VectorStyler Thanks, that would definitely be great
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  A kind of "for each" for Shape Effects
  21 Feb 2025, 09:32 • Subpath   22 Feb 2025, 16:05

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  @VectorStyler a shape effect that tiles other shape effects. That might be feasible. 0_1740240086701_Circular Bump.vstyler
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  Global edit
  20 Feb 2025, 18:30 • Boldline   20 Feb 2025, 18:34

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  @Boldline Interesting, it is like repeating the same action on other objects, selected based on some criteria.
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  Snapping Panel via Context Panel — Fly out menu?
  17 Feb 2025, 05:31 • debraspicher   17 Feb 2025, 06:17

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  @debraspicher said in Snapping Panel via Context Panel — Fly out menu?: Moving the Snapping panel dismisses the preexisting one. (That's possibly a bug?) This is not a bug, as there is only one snapping panel, plus the fly-out, so when the fly-out is detached it will be one panel. I will try to find the issues with the panel position.
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  Returning user. Requesting portable version of the software.
  10 Feb 2025, 10:19 • A Former User   10 Feb 2025, 12:04

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  @VectorStyler: By portable, I mean, no-install use. Not just using across multiple platforms. At the moment, I create portable versions by installing within a sandbox, and copying the contents out. But this isn't viable, as I have to do this for every single update. Sandboxed version also does not function properly some times. I want a portable version of the software. Much like PhotoLine. Thanks for the updates on tablet support. I will get back to you once I have tested it out thoroughly. Regards!
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  Add a recently used option to Opening palettes
  31 Jan 2025, 20:32 • Boldline   1 Feb 2025, 05:35

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  @Boldline I added this to the backlog.