VS in "un-usable" state e.g. Undo no function

MajorTom

Dear all,

I am currently using VS 1.1.045, but that did happen before several time.

Undo does not work anymore, suddenly.
Moving object does not work normal anymore. very small mouse movements result in uncontrollable movement of the objects.

Overall, you can only try to save the current state and close VS and restart.
Sometimes, if you store the history in the document, you can redo things after restart of VS and recover some things.

I couldn't figure out any reproducible pattern, when that problems happens, it seems to be random.

Subpath

@MajorTom

to 1.
sorry that I could not help you
(but can say never had any problems with Undo in VS
and have non)

Edited:
Must take back what I wrote. I think my memory is weakening.

As I work on some designs today the Undo function didn't work properly a few times,
in different situations and did not bring back my original state.

So Undo does have some flaws.

could not say anything to 2.
(win 10, VS 1.1.045)

VectorStyler

@MajorTom From the recording it looks like Undo is blocked. This also causes the extra moves and broken changes.

One thing that could cause this is some action that does not complete the undo storage properly.
So if this occurs again, try to remember what was the last action taken before the moving and undo breaks.

Let me know if you can replicate this issue.

MajorTom

@VectorStyler
Ok, next time I will take care what's that last actin that I did do.

VectorStyler

@MajorTom One thing to do is to use the History panel (Panels->Editing->History) to see what actions have been take.
Also (if can be replicated with not too many actions) enable the "Store History" in Document Setup -> General options

VectorStyler

@MajorTom There were some issues that caused the blocking of undo. These are fixed now in build 1.1.049

tudor

@MajorTom said in VS in "un-usable" state e.g. Undo no function:

Undo does not work anymore, suddenly.
Moving object does not work normal anymore. very small mouse movements result in uncontrollable movement of the objects.

This is exactly what just happened to me now in v. 1.1.053. I cloned a circle, then tried to move the clone. It went way outside the artboard very fast. After a few undo's, the original circle disappeared while the clone remained on the artboard and visible in the Layers palette. Then undo stopped working completely.

VectorStyler

@tudor I tried to replicate the undo issue with 1.1.053 using the described steps, but it seems to be working here.

The glitch with moving is also indicating that the undo was blocked for some reason.

What command was used to create the Clone?

My steps:

created a new document.
draw and ellipse
create a clone using Edit -> Clone.
move the clone using the mouse.

The above steps worked here.

b77

@VectorStyler I guess the uncontrolled moving of the cloned object ("went way outside the artboard very fast") is what breaks the undo, not any normal steps.
It's the cause for this that needs to be found.

VectorStyler

@b77 said in VS in "un-usable" state e.g. Undo no function:

uncontrolled moving of the cloned object ("went way outside the artboard very fast") is what breaks the undo

This is more of a symptom than the cause. What we need to know is what happened just before.
But I will now review all undo capturing.

tudor

@VectorStyler said in VS in "un-usable" state e.g. Undo no function:

I tried to replicate the undo issue with 1.1.053 using the described steps, but it seems to be working here.

I was unable to replicate the bug again. It just happened while I was testing a new file in CMYK mode with one 31.5"x79" artboard. I had a 300dpi TIFF bitmap placed as a linked file, covering the whole artboard. Also some text and a bunch of vector shapes copied from Affinity Designer. I wanted to duplicate a native Vectorstyler ellipse shape, so I tried the Clone command from the menu. Then when I tried to move the clone, it jumped out of the artboard with a speed much higher than the speed of the cursor.

VectorStyler

@tudor Thanks for the info, I will try to work with those steps.

I will also do a manual review of all the possible cases that might cause the undo to stop working.

Subpath

@VectorStyler

Just a somewhat diffuse though of mine

but when @tudor talked about quick jumps
of this clone it reminded me a little bit of the transformation
Jumps in Combined Object Mode (Live Boolean)

i dont know if i remember it well, but sometime this
Jumps was also happen with Clones in clipped shapes

But as i said, just very diffuse thoughs

VectorStyler

@tudor This issue should be fixed now, please let me know if it occurs again.