3. Repeater selection using gradient is not working as expected

Repeater selection using gradient is not working as expected

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    When using gradient to select repeater symbols, the preview doesn't update and the output after closing the modal windows is not as expected (either all symbol 1 or all symbol 2, but no variation across repeater scope)

    Here is a video to illustrate : https://somup.com/cTXfQQ9w8Z

    edit : after further tests, it looks like a "sampling" issue, where the whole repeater selection switches to one or the other symbol based on luminance at one point in the repeater space instead of 512 points. Something like that

    to illustrate : https://somup.com/cTXfQr9w9f

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    @EricP

    Just in short, I don't have much time right now.

    Select your objects; they don't have to be symbols.
    Choose , " Pick selected objects as symbols in the Repeater"
    (see pic)
    and then click Edit > Selection > Gradient
    this way it was working here

    0_1762249637280_select as symbols.png

    0_1762249845987_selection repeater.png

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    @Subpath thank you for looking into this. I could not make your suggestion work (pick selected objects), it creates repeaters within the selected objects, not using the selected objects. I probably don't get how it's supposed to work.

    However, I still believe there is an issue with gradient, regardless of the way the repeater was created (I did not use symbols in this example).

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    @EricP There is a bug here, with shapeless repeaters using some of the selection methods. I will try to fix this ASAP.

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    @VectorStyler yes, I tried with a shaped repeater and got good results (same as @Subpath). Thanks

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    @EricP

    I was also a bit surprised because the way
    the Repeater works in your video looks different to mine.

    Usually, when i select two Objects, and repeat
    it with the Repeater that one Object will be
    inside of the other object which wasnt the case
    in your video.

    I made a video here showing to how how it works by me.

    @VectorStyler
    The Gradient Preview doesnt work, as you can see in the video.

    Also , can you explain why the Repeater works different in EricP
    Video then in mine ?

    I am used to that if i select two shapes that the Repeater
    will repeat a shape in the other shape. But that is not the
    case in EricPs video.

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